Silver, Gold & Objects of Vertu - Day One - 21st October 2025
Lot 296
The Yorkshire Club, a pair of Victorian provincial silver Old English pattern table forks,
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
The Yorkshire Club, a pair of Victorian provincial silver Old English pattern table forks,
by Barber & North, York 1838, also with the town mark,
the reverse of the terminal is engraved with the Yorkshire Rose, approx. weight 5.8oz. (2)
The Yorkshire Club was established in 1839 at number 5 St Leonard's Place, and it merged with The Yorkshire Union Hunt Club in 1856. The silver flatware from the club was sold at Christie's on the 8th October 1969.
For further reading see Schrager, L., The Yorkshire Club and Its Flatware, The Finial, Volume 32/02 Nov/Dec 2021, pages 10 and 11.
Provenance: The Michael Baggott Collection.