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Pair Gorham Coin Silver SQUARE MEDALLION Servers browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Decorative Art:Metals:Silver:Coin: Pre 1900: Item # 763879
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An incredibly rare pair of coin silver serving pieces in Gorham’s “Square Medallion” pattern designed in December 1867. This pattern combines two of Gorham’s most revolutionary mid-19th century decorative elements—medallion and cube—to create a unique design. It’s unlikely that this pattern was made in a full line. We have seen a couple of related serving pieces that also incorporate the stag’s head from the “Saxon” pattern. The columnar handles are topped with large rounded-edge cubes, decorated on either side with medallions illustrating a Greek god and goddess. The cubes are surmounted by heavy, fully three-dimensional sculpted busts of a classical figure wearing a diadem. The knife’s blade is further decorated with engraved anthemion leaves. Both pieces are marked with an early Gorham hallmark. The original purpose of these serving pieces is unclear—a similarly shaped knife is simply referred to as a “serving knife” in Carpenter’s “Gorham Silver”—but might be an ice cream knife. The fork has unusually small tines for its overall size. The pieces are extremely heavy and were obviously made to impress! Origin: America, ca. 1867. Condition: excellent, all original, no monogram. Size: knife, 10” long; fork, 8” long. Weight: knife, 132.5 grams; fork, 107.5 grams. |
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