A Charles II silver mounted wooden handled toasting fork, the spherical terminal with suspension ring, with long wooden shaft, maker’s mark ‘DL’, a trefoil above and a mullet below, struck twice, once on each mount, with triform tines, London circa 1670, length 94cm.
£800-£1,200

Jackson's Revised Edition lists a ‘long toasting fork’ for this maker dated 1672, see page 131.