Gorham Sterling Silverware

The firm s chief product was spoons of coin silver the company also made thimbles combs jewelry and other small items.

Gorham sterling silverware.

Skip to page navigation. Gorham antique us sterling silver flatware. Manufacturer list gorham sterling silverware sterling flatware estate new sterling silvereware replacements see this list with pictures other gorham product catagories. Gorham buttercup sterling silverware first made in 1899 buttercup is one of the most popular sterling silverware patterns and has a wide variety of pieces available.

Fairfax sterling 1910 monograms view pattern. Go to previous slide shop by type. Search our online database for just the right silver items. Colfax sterling gorham no monograms view pattern.

Showing slide current slide of total slides shop by type. Ways to shop top brands brands a z top sterling patterns popular stainless patterns need assistance identification help. Some people specialize in collecting flatware from the gorham company. While jabez gorham and henry webster produced the first pieces from coin silver in 1831 some people choose to concentrate on the period after designer william j.

The story of gorham begins in 1813 when jabez gorham completed his metalsmith apprenticeship and began making jewelry. Antique cupboard is the place to find sterling silver flatware and silverware. Gorham silver was founded in providence rhode island 1831 by jabez gorham a master craftsman in partnership with henry l. Filter 2 gorham sterling silver flatware silverware.

Antique sterling silverware home. See all shop by type. In 1848 jabez gorham sold the company to his son john gorham who oversaw. 875 records found now displaying page 1 of 30.

Gorham applies a tarnish at the factory to highlight the many flowers on the handles so please use a standard silver polish not a silver dip so that this applied tarnish will. Codman joined the company in 1891. In 1831 jabez gorham began manufacturing coin silver spoons which were popular at the time for replacing pewter spoons. In 1842 the congress enacted a tariff which effectively blocked the importation of silverware from outside the united states which aided.

Gorham employed this danish silversmith from 1925 to 1929. Invitation silverplate 1940 view pattern. The mark has an unusual e and an m as well as the word gorham the usual three symbol mark as well as sterling and often a pattern number. The decline of gorham began in 1967 when the company was purchased by textron a move that some critics claim decreased quality due to management s lack of understanding of gorham s specialty producing high quality sterling silverware and holloware.