Vintage Gorham "Chippendale" Pattern Sterling Silver Trophy Bowl - 17.175 ozt. Named after the famous English cabinetmaker and designer Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), the pattern was introduced in 1890 for flatware and expanded significantly in the 20th Century. Alternating wide and narrow structural flutes along the scalloped sides. Inscription in the bowl reads "Dr. O.M. Porter Trophy M. & E.K.C. 1933 Offered by Geraldine R. Dodge Best Chesapeake Bay." Marked on underside with pattern name, company marks and name, and "sterling." 

Size: 10 x 10 x 2 in. 

Weight: 17.175 ozt. 

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. 

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