Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

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maxhoffa
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Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

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Hallmark looks similar to other 'old' Gorham I have seen online. But I've never seen the moth / butterfly design before.

Marking are simply a Lion-Anchor-G with no 'Sterling' or '925' . . .

Is this Gorham, and if so is anyone familiar with the pattern?

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Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

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It's coin, 900 parts out 1000 pure silver, if I'm not mistaken. Someone else may be able to help with a pattern name if there is one.
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Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Post by Aguest »

I've seen the butterfly motif on a pair of salt cellars, and I believe the best way to describe this is it was part of the "naturalistic" movement in silver circa 1860-1890 that displayed realistic images of nature including insects, leaves, birds, fish.

Never seen it on a teapot before, and I am not sure if it was ever assigned a pattern name or number for that matter.
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Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

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Butterfly finial was used in Gorham "Medallion" pattern 212 coin silver c1864.
Meaning the pattern was not determined by butterfly finial.
The butterfly is a bit different from yours, though.
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Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

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A dragonfly, actually.
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Thanks all, much appreciated.

Dragonfly? Don't see that.
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Dragonfly?
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Elongated body
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Post by asheland »

That's a lovely set!
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