LaTEMA Info?

[Aguest]

:::: Sometimes you can discover a Gorham sterling silver knife handle with a metal alloy blade marked "LaTEMA" which appears to be a shiny metal alloy of some kind and not at all silver-plated. :::: Was this "LaTEMA" name a company name or just the name of the metal alloy itself? :::: Was "LaTEMA" trademarked by Gorham? :::: There seems no information about "LaTEMA" other than it is found on early 20th century Gorham knives and it seems to be a metal alloy ant not silver-plate, that's basically all the information I could find. ::::::::

[silvermakersmarks]

An observation: LATEMA is A METAL backwards.....

[dognose]

The Gorham Co. - New York - 1917


The Gorham Company - New York - 1917

'LA TEMA'

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[dognose]

This was, of course, Sheffield’s Harry Brearley's discovery in 1913.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Brearley

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[dognose]

The Gorham Company - New York - 1916

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