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ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-14-2011 07:45 AM Fraget is a Polish/Russian company and the mark on these items dates from 1896 to 1915. The mark on the spoon and fork appears to be Fraret: However the mark on the blade of the knife is Fraget: IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-14-2011 07:46 AM Below are close up pictures of the strange animal on the set. The reverse of the fork and spoon are below: Swarter has already posted this face in Great Faces in Silver #1. Any ideas as to what animal this depicts. IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 05-14-2011 08:27 AM I think it is a bat. Gorham produced cocktail forks with a very similar pattern in the 1880s-1890s. Not sure whose came first, but probably the European ones. Interesting to see the hollow-handled knife of this pattern, which depicts the pattern in 3 dimensions. IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-14-2011 09:15 AM Paul, that is a good of selection as I could make - they should be fun for Halloween. This is the other side of the knife. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 05-14-2011 09:34 AM Its most likely a Lion. Look at those paws. Somewhere I got the impression that this had something to do with passion and restraint. Animals biting, swallowing, regurgitating a column shows up in ancient architecture. What is is supposed to mean, I don't know. Even though it doesn't look anything like it, for years June & I have casually called the Gorham pattern creature a wombat. IP: Logged
dragonflywink Posts: 993 Registered: Dec 2002	posted 05-14-2011 12:39 PM Several years ago, had a few pieces by Christofle in this pattern - Peau de Lion, designed by Charles Rossigneux for the 1867 Paris Exposition, if I recall correctly, believe it was meant to represent the lion-skin worn by mythological Greek hero Hercules. The Greek style service with the Peau de Lion motif showing on the smaller pieces; the table is bronze dore and silver: ~Cheryl IP: Logged

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