British 17th Regiment Marked Flesh Fork

Description:

British 17th Regiment Marked Flesh Fork, c. 1779, iron flesh fork with a very faint maker's mark, and engraved 17 on the handle, with a note which reads Cooking fork taken from/stores captured from the/British at Stony Pt., July, 1779, in a wooden case, overall lg. 18 1/2 in.

Provenance: Acquired from the descendants of an unidentified New York Revolutionary War soldier in Orange County by the late Radford Curdy, historian of Orange County, New York.

Note: Pictured in Don Troiani's Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 36.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

In good condition with some light pitting.


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