Mother of pearl handles. Marked sterling above handles & on back of plates. 

4 Gorham sterling plates. Plymouth pattern. 

3 forks with floral motif etched on tongs. Ornate design on silver handle wrap. 

2 knives with ornate design on silver handle wrap. 

Condition: Commensurate with age. 

Plate Size: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. 

Knives: 7 in. 

Weight of Plates: 13.885 ozt. 

Weight of Everything (.5 ozt per utensil): 16.385 ozt. 

#3694 . 

The Gorham Manufacturing Company was founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1831 by Jabez Gorham and Henry Webster. Their coin silver flatware was selected by Mary Todd Lincoln for the White House in 1859. In 1868, they made the switch from coin silver to sterling silver and produced everything from knives, forks, and spoon sets to coffee pots and serving bowls. In 1848, Gorham’s silver marks consisted of a lion, an anchor, and the letter “G.” Then, from 1848 through about 1860, the lion markings faced left instead of right. Sterling tea sets and some other hollowware items were assigned numbers in a decimal sequence. Pieces created between 1868 and 1884 were marked with capital letters. From then until 1933 unique iconography was used, including wolf’s heads and open parachutes. A series of mergers eventually ended in 2009 when the company went bankrupt after being acquired by Lenox Holdings.

Commensurate with age.