Eetrite | 24-Carat Gold-Plated Cake Forks with Porcelain Rose Cameo Insets | Set of 6 | South Africa

Gold plate and a porcelain rose — Eetrite at their most decorative.

Eetrite is South Africa's foremost manufacturer of silver- and gold-plated flatware, producing tableware for the domestic market since the mid-twentieth century. Their gold-plated ranges — finished in 24-carat gold plate over a base metal body — have remained consistently popular as gift sets and occasion flatware. This set of six cake forks belongs to a decorative series combining gold-plated metal with oval porcelain cameo insets, a format that draws on the same tradition as the English porcelain-handled flatware ranges produced concurrently for the gift market.

Each fork is the three-tine cake fork form with a widened outer tine for cutting. The terminal is heavily embossed in a Rococo rose-scroll pattern with raised floral and foliate relief across the full handle face; an oval bezel at the centre of the terminal holds a porcelain cameo inset carrying a polychrome pink rose transfer on a white ground. The shank is plain and tapered. The 24-carat gold plating is even and bright throughout — tines, shank, and embossed terminal — with no visible tarnish, rubbing, or plating wear.

All six forks are in mint unused condition.

Key Details:

• Maker: Eetrite, South Africa
• Pattern: Rococo rose-scroll with oval porcelain rose cameo
• Pieces: 6 cake forks (two sets of 6 available)
• Material: 24-carat gold-plated base metal with porcelain cameo insets
• Decoration: Embossed Rococo rose-scroll terminal; oval porcelain inset with pink rose transfer on white ground
• Condition: Mint unused — gold plate bright throughout; porcelain insets intact on all pieces
• Buyer profile: Decorative tableware buyer; gift purchase; buyer completing an Eetrite gold-plate service; collector of South African flatware