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Gorham tea strainer????

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:16 am
by polo_fer_lauren
Hello everyone!!!

Well........I hope you can help me. I'm a complete ignorant about American silver, so I need your opinion. I think, this tea strainer, is Gorham made in 1907 (scissors date mark?). Whant do you think? The marks are lightly wear but I can see a lion and may be an anchor. Don't you?.

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Thank you in advance. I'm waiting for your reply.

Fer.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:09 pm
by 2209patrick
Hello. Those look like Gorham marks to me also.

Not sure about the date mark. Here's a picture of Gorham's scissors mark:



In 1898 Gorham began adding letter prefixes to the number production codes (B3184 on your piece).
Sometime between 1930 and 1932 they stopped adding these prefix letters.

Pat.

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:47 pm
by polo_fer_lauren
Thank you Pat. I appreciate very much your help.

Thank you again.

Fer.