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What years are these Gorham cutlery?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:08 am
by niceguy1
HI ALL
I have a part set of Gorham cutlery in the Old Baronial pattern.
All are marked Pat. 1898 & the Gorham symbols. The date letters are D, H & most have V .One is also marked by the retailer Cady & Olmstead.
So what years do these date codes correspond to?
THANKS IN ADVANCE
Re: What years are these Gorham cutlery?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:02 pm
by dognose
Hi Niceguy,
These are not date letters. To my knowledge they are Gorham internal marks that used to thought of as weight indicators, eg: 'R' - Regular, 'T' - Trade, 'H' - Heavy, 'E' - Extra, 'M' - Massive, etc, but other letters are also found, they may perhaps relate to the size, eg: Youth, Lunch, Place, Dinner etc.. To my knowledge these code letters have yet to be cracked with any degree of certainty, but perhaps another member has more up-to-date information than I do.
Gorham Mfg. Co. - Providence RI - 1898
Trev.
Re: What years are these Gorham cutlery?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:41 pm
by dragonflywink
Might add - it's extremely uncommon to find date codes on Gorham flatware...
~Cheryl
Re: What years are these Gorham cutlery?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:28 pm
by niceguy1
Thanks for that info.
Re: What years are these Gorham cutlery?
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:38 pm
by asheland
dragonflywink wrote:Might add - it's extremely uncommon to find date codes on Gorham flatware...
~Cheryl
Very true.