ANTIQUE WALLACE STERLING ROSE POINT PAT. SERVING FORK

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Just in time for the Holidays. Tis the season to seize the opportunity to by a wonderful Antique or collectable holiday gift. From w the Catskill Mountains of the Hudson Valley of New York meets the sunny blue skies across the globe, be sure to check out our site daily for just the right keepsake to give to that special person. We'll be selling fine estate jewelry, Antique period furniture, fine art bronze and marble sculptures, Antique lamps and period lighting, lovely estate silver, fine porcelains, architecturals and as always, the unusual. From our family to yours a most happy and healthy holiday season and New Years. Up for auction, for your consideration, comes this fantastic Wallace Sterling Silver Rose Point pattern flatware serving fork. Ca. 1930's old in as found original and untouched condition. This auction is for 1 flatware serving piece from a matching collection of Wallace Sterling Silver Pieces we have up for auction now. Please refer to the last picture for the complete pictured set. To take a gander at the other wondreful matching pieces to this set, please . What a fabulous Rose Point pattern Wallace piece we truly do have Take notice to the crisp, clean lines with fancy rose point decoration throughout the handle. Rose point is a needlepoint style, and certainly the most intricate, aristocratic style of lace. Although now a lost art, the unmistakenable beauty is captured in Rose Point sterling silver by Wallace. First produced in 1934. This piece seems to almost unused in pristine overall condition. Could use a slight polish to bring about its original luster or be left as is, which still looks magnificent. This fine large serving fork is stamped 'Wallace Sterling', being made of all Sterling,of course. Overall measures 9" long by just under 2" at its widest. Boasting a wonderful weight as well at 2.83 ozt, taylor scale. This lovely Wallace serving piece would be a grand addition to your fine collection or look just wonderful amongst its brothers and sisters from this set. Good luck and good bidding to you on this gorgeous lot... Wallace Silversmiths traces its beginnings back to Robert Wallace, who made the first nickel spoon in America in 1835. Wallace is now one of the largest sterling silver manufacturers in the world.The founder of Wallace Silversmiths, Robert Wallace was born in Prospect, Connecticut on November 13, 1815, the son of Scottish immigrant and silversmith James Wallace and his wife Irene (Williams). The boy had only a limited education, such as sons of the farmers of that period received.During the late 18th century, the Wallace family had relocated to the state of Connecticut. At the age of 16, Robert Wallace became an apprentice to Captain William Mix, a renowned spoon maker for the Meriden Britannia C. A Meriden Britannia apprenticeship was highly sought after because the firm was the most successful flatware and hollowware-producing firm in the Northeast. Having mastered the art of silver craft, Robert Wallace left his apprenticeship, purchased a dilapidated gristmill, and began to produce his own flatware. By 1833, Wallace's silver shop was up and running. As Wallace was skilled in the art of spoon making, Wallace's only product was spoons. One day, while shopping in New York City, Wallace happened upon a piece of flatware made of a nickel alloy called German silver that had been produced by Dixon and Sons of Sheffield, England. Impressed by the quality and strength of the piece, Wallace traveled to New York City, bought the formula from the German chemist Dr. Louis Feuchtwanger who had a small bar of that metal from Germany for the then unheard sum of $20 and went on to build these new nickel silver spoons. Later he found a man who had brought the recipe for making the metal. Wallace purchased that too. In his factory, he then compounded the first German silver made in America and pioneered the new industry. He than moved his factory from Cheshire, Connec... read more

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