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Bigorne marks on French Sterling Silver Fork

The back of the tines is where the decoration is, that's because of the way Europeans hold their forks compared to the way Americans do. To the left of the decoration the marks are from the bigorne or anvil that was used to back mark the piece when the hall marks were placed on the front of the fork. GoodWill totally missed out on this one.

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Uploaded on August 26, 2007
Taken on August 26, 2007