Lot 400: An Arts and Crafts steel and brass toasting fork

An Arts and Crafts steel and brass toasting fork by Ernest Gimson (1864-1919) of trident form with hinged hand guard decorated with banded geometric design, the fork section terminating in a flattened loop handle, c. 1905, 40.5cm long Note:See Carruthers, A., and Greenstead, M., 1999 'Simplicity or Splendour, Arts & Crafts living: Objects from the Cheltenham Collections', Cheltenham Borough Council fig.61, for a similar example