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smfc75 Posts: 122 |
posted 05-15-2002 02:41 AM
  
Didn't the lion (in the lion anchor G trademark) always have a raised paw? Here is a lion with four on the floor. Fake Gorham or not? See 870887476 - gone from the internet IP: Logged |
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FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 05-15-2002 09:01 AM
Looks like early Gorham to me... The mark is consistent with those I have seen on several early pieces produced by this fine firm. I am no authority on Gorham and I believe these look real and probably very desirable to the collector of Medalion flatware. I would be curious to hear what the others have to say. It is alway important to expose fakes and edjucate the buying public. IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 05-15-2002 01:49 PM
These are genuine pieces. I think they are circa 1885. When Shiebler revived interest in Medallions with his Homeric pattern, other companies, including Gorham, followed suit. These later Medallion pieces are usually more handmade-looking and asymmetrical than their 1860s Neoclassical style counterparts. Click here (An Interesting Set) for another example of later Gorham Medallion-type work from about 1880-85. I think I prefer these hand-made pieces, with their unusual hammered textures, over Gorham's first Medallion pattern, and was considering bidding on the forks smfc75 pointed out. IP: Logged |
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