View A collection of assorted mainly 18th century silver three pronged table forks, including a pair of (18th Century) Unknown; silver gilt; 19.1cm; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized ...

Here are the ones featured: Table spoon, table fork, table knife, bouillon soup spoon (big), dessert spoon, dessert fork, dessert knife, tools for two different types of fish, 3-pronged sandwich fork, ...

The pre-prong era. Archaeological evidence suggests that fork-like tools existed in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, but they were primarily used for cooking and serving, not for personal eating.

By the year 850 — the date of the Sevington fork — they were used by Persian nobles, a habit that had spread across the Byzantine Empire, including to the Byzantine princess who, in 1004, married the ...