A Very Fine and Rare Wrought Iron and "Vine and Berry" Brass Inlaid Wedding Roasting Fork, probably Chester County, Pennsylvania, circa 1820

with a three-pronged fork with an outlined wrought iron heart supported by a shaft that is wrought into a cylindrical shape bisected with a sphere leading to a heart with three incised circles that flanks a delicately incised and "vine and berry" brass inlaid flattened handle which is capped with a heart that has an attached small hook in the form of a bird's head with a pierced eye.

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