1.   Give each diner an oyster fork to lift garlic cloves whole from their skins for spreading onto bread.

2.   Shelves are filled with polished frames and tiny sterling evening bags, novelties such as silver golf balls, toasting cups and oyster forks.

3.   The plates would have been accompanied with small two- or three-tined oyster forks.

4.   Use a nut pick, oyster fork or the point of a sharp knife to pick the meat from the claws and bodies.

5.   Would-be socialites unhappily juggling their marrow spoons and oyster forks can get themselves a proper education in Savoir Faire, Savoir Vivre, a weeklong finishing school for adults.