A matched set of four George II/III sterling silver table forks, mostly by Isaac Callard (reg. 7^th Feb 1726, d.c.1770)

Hanoverian pattern, three-pronged, London 1746 by Issac Callard, London 1760 by Issac Callard, another with marks obscured by probably by Issac Callard, another London 1775 by Thomas Chawner. The terminals later engraved with a 19th century crest of an eagle rising, in its beak an escutcheon pendent by a ribbon, thereon a hank of cotton, with the motto above Multa Tuli Fecique. Fully marked.

Length (shortest) – 18.5 cm / 7.25 inches

Weight – 243 grams / 7.81 ozt

The crest and motto are for Arkwright

For Rev. Edwin Arkwright of 36 Seymour Street, London

A clerk in holy orders, M.A. (Oxon). born May 2, 1839, being the fifth son of John Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton Court, co Hereford, J. P., by his wife Sarah, eldest surviving daughter of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart., of Harewood.

Collection of Anthony Aston Smith (1929-2010), bought as part of twelve Christie's May 11^th 1959, for £60