Up for bid is a fine pair of fiddle thread pattern coin silver dinner forks by Frederick Marquand of Georgia and New York City.  The forks are 8 1/8 inches long and together weigh 178.4 grams.  They have single die-struck fiddle thread handles, tipped backward.  The forks are engraved with a fleur-de-lis on the handle fronts.  They are marked [F.M.][Lion][Bust][F]

Condition on the forks is fairly good.  There is knife wear to the tine backs but minimal loss of length.  There is normal surface wear, and they not been buffed, though the fleur-de-lis devices are weak.  Some fine coin forks!