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Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 7:30 pm
by maxhoffa
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.

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 7:40 pm
by silverly
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.

Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:23 am
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.

Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:05 am
by AG2012
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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.
Regards

Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:07 am
by AG2012
A dragonfly, actually.

Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:11 pm
by maxhoffa
Thanks all, much appreciated.

Dragonfly? Don't see that.

Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:18 am
by AG2012
Dragonfly?
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Elongated body
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Re: Gorham? Lion Anchor G hallmark.

Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:00 pm
by asheland
That's a lovely set!