What is this short-handled fork used for?

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Scrabble96
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What is this short-handled fork used for?

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I have come across a rather short-handled fork by Docker & Burn, hallmarked Birmingham, 1921. The handle is really short and seems out of proportion. It fits very comfortably in the hand as if using it American style to eat with, though, but what? TIA.

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Re: What is this short-handled fork used for?

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It would probably be a baby's fork. Sets with small forks and spoons or pushers were popular gifts in the past.
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Re: What is this short-handled fork used for?

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Thank you; that sounds feasible. My aunt was born in 1921 and later moved abroad, so it's possible that it came to me via her mother to her brother, my father.
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Re: What is this short-handled fork used for?

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Your note about American style may be correct. In December 1921 Docker & Burn took over the Gorham Mfg. Co.'s English factory in Birmingham.

Perhaps they acquired some of their dies as well?

Trev.
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