Fish fork

While no part of the design of this fish set, which includes a fish knife and fish fork, was patented, its eccentric blade and tine shapes were usually used in conjunction with handles designed by John R. Wendt or Bernard D. Beiderhase. As a result, it is believed that this example was produced by either Wendt or Beiderhase, or possibly one of their successor firms, Renziehausen & Co. or Adams & Shaw Co.

**Adapted from**

Charles L. Venable, _Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor _(Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 332.