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Antique Early Metalware 18thc Fruitwood & Steel Flesh Fork. English C1760-80.
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Antique Early Metalware 18thc Fruitwood & Steel Flesh Fork. English C1760-80.

18th century
Sold 18 September 2025 · Mark Seabrook Antiques
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One of the best early flesh forks , I have bought in a long time....it has an attractive, shaped turned fruitwood handle, with a nicely turned finial....at the base of the handle is a quality brass terminal with incised line decoration.... the lower stem and prongs are made of polished steel and match the terminal with incised line decoration....it has gained a very good patination and colour and is in excellent condition.

English. C1760-80

Physical Dimensions
Height
53.3cm (20.98")
Width
5.6cm (2.20")
Declaration

Mark Seabrook Antiques has dated this Antique Steel Flesh Fork to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1160537
Dealers Internal Reference
MS 8264
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One of the best early flesh forks , I have bought in a long time....it has an attractive, shaped turned fruitwood handle, with a nicely turned finial....at the base of the handle is a quality brass terminal with incised line decoration....
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the lower stem and prongs are made of polished steel and match the terminal with incised line decoration.
Mark Seabrook Antiques

...it has gained a very good patination and colour and is in excellent condition.

English. C1760-80

Height
53.3cm (20.98")
Width
5.6cm (2.20")
Date of Manufacture

Mark Seabrook Antiques has dated this Antique Steel Flesh Fork to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1160537
Dealers Internal Ref
MS 8264
Mark Seabrook Antiques
Mark Seabrook Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2020

Specialising in 17/18thc oak & country furniture, antique treen, early metalware & english pottery.

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An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Antique Early Metalware 18thc Fruitwood & Steel Flesh Fork. English C1760-80.

Archive II An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head. View II
Archive III An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head. View III
Archive IV An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head. View IV
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Mark Seabrook Antiques

Mark Seabrook Antiques
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Verified Since Apr 2020
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An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head.
Antique Early Metalware 18thc Fruitwood & Steel Flesh Fork. English C1760-80.
Ref: SA1160537
An antique 18th-century fruitwood and steel flesh fork featuring a long turned wooden handle and a two-tined forged metal head.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectKitchen Utensils
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian Country
  • MaterialFruitwood, Steel, Brass
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsTurned wooden handle, Hand-forged steel tines, Brass ferrule collar, Baluster finial
  • SizeH 53.3 cm (21 in) x W 5.6 cm (2 in)

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An antique flesh fork is a long-handled cooking implement traditionally used in open-hearth kitchens during the 17th and 18th centuries to lift, turn, or test large cuts of meat cooking over an open fire.

These utensils typically featured hand-forged wrought iron or steel tines and shafts combined with turned wooden handles made from domestic hardwoods such as fruitwood, boxwood, or ash, secured with brass or iron ferrules.

Authentication relies on identifying hand-forged tool marks on the steel, the natural patination and wear on the turned wooden handle, hand-cut joinery, and the presence of historical oxidisation consistent with open-hearth use.

Historic metalware and kitchenalia can be displayed mounted on a rustic wooden board, placed in a heavy stoneware crock on a kitchen counter, or styled within an open shelving unit to add historical texture to a room.

Preservation involves keeping the object in a stable environment away from excess humidity, applying microcrystalline wax or a light coat of mineral oil to the metal to prevent rust, and treating the aged wood with a neutral conditioner.
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