Ian Ehling
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Fine Books and Manuscripts / CHARLES DICKENS' PICKLE FORK FROM GAD'S HILL. A plated brass mechanical pickle fork belonging to Charles Dickens, monogrammed CD, from Gad's Hill,
From the Collection of Elliott B. Macrae
Lot 129
CHARLES DICKENS' PICKLE FORK FROM GAD'S HILL.
A plated brass mechanical pickle fork belonging to Charles Dickens, monogrammed "CD," from Gad's Hill,
13 December 2022, 11:00 EST
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CHARLES DICKENS' PICKLE FORK FROM GAD'S HILL.
A plated brass mechanical pickle fork belonging to Charles Dickens, monogrammed "CD," from Gad's Hill, 190 mm length, c.1860.
Provenance: Charles Dickens; Georgina Hogarth (his sister-in-law and housekeeper, autograph note of provenance, supplied in photocopy).
"I certify that this plated pickle fork was always used in the dining room at Gads Hill by my brother-in-law Charles Dickens from the time of his going there to live until his death 9 June 1970, and that it has thence been used by me—Georgina Hogarth."
Provenance: Charles Dickens; Georgina Hogarth (his sister-in-law and housekeeper, autograph note of provenance, supplied in photocopy).
"I certify that this plated pickle fork was always used in the dining room at Gads Hill by my brother-in-law Charles Dickens from the time of his going there to live until his death 9 June 1970, and that it has thence been used by me—Georgina Hogarth."