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Fascinating. Looks like the "wolves" on my knife scale have been repurposed as sled dogs on your spoon. Thanks very much for your insights.

I recently picked up this fruit knife with an amazingly detailed--and dramatic--design. Since I'm relatively new to collecting these knives, I wonder if someone could educate me on some things about it. It shows what seems to be a bearded man aboard a one horse open sleigh apparently being followed ...

Thanks, gentlemen, for your helpful insights. Could you let me know the title of the book by McGrew? Thanks.

Thank you, silvermakersmarks. It seems as though my suspicion might be correct. My apologies for the poor quality of the photo; my camera is pretty old and its macro capabilities leave something to be desired. May I ask why you doubt the anchor hallmark is not a true Birmingham one? Also, to the oth...

Sorry, had some trouble figuring out how to post the images. Hope these are helpful.

I'm in the early stages of collecting silver folding fruit knives. Recently I acquired a silver folding fruit knife with three hallmarks. The middle one seems clearly to be the Birmingham anchor assay symbol. The first hallmark at first glance seems to be the duty mark of Queen Victoria--except, the...

Thanks very much for clearing up the mysteries.

I've just recently begun collecting sterling silver fruit knives. So far, I've had no problem deciphering the hallmarks, using the abundance of online sites with that information. Until this knife. I've even checked it in Sir Charles J Jackson's _English Goldsmiths and their Marks_. No luck! Here is...