help identifying: "L" in triangle hallmark, hollow fork

[slimbert]

Can anyone help me identify this hallmark? It appears to be a "L" in a triangle.

Also, please share if you know anything about what kind of fork it is or its age.

It is approximately 6 5/8" long and 26 grams (it's hollow, not solid). Marked "sterling" , "1222" , and with the hallmark.




Any help is appreciated.

[Traintime]

Meriden Sterling Company (c.1896-before 1904) via Rainwater i.d., covered here: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=50098&p=153869&hilit=triangle+l#p153869

[slimbert]

Excellent! Thanks so much for the info.

Do you know what it was intended to serve? I haven't seen a fork quite like it before.

The handle is at a slight angle, like a flipping spatula.

[dragonflywink]

It's a bread fork...

~Cheryl

[slimbert]

Thanks!