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  2. Gorham Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses S. Grant asked Gorham to commemorate the country's one-hundredth anniversary with a spectacular Century Vase that contained over 2,000 oz (57,000 g) of sterling silver, and in 1899, it produced a grand "loving cup" composed of 70,000 dimes was designed for Admiral George Dewey. Colonel Henry Jewett Furber, president of Universal Life ...

  3. William B. Durgin Company - Wikipedia

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    The William B. Durgin Company (1853–1924) was a noted American sterling silver manufacturer based in Concord, New Hampshire, and one of the largest flatware and hollowware manufacturers in the United States. Over the period 1905–1924 it was merged into the Gorham Manufacturing Company.

  4. Schofield silver - Wikipedia

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    In 1891, at the age of 18, Frank Schofield started an apprenticeship at The Gorham Mfg. Co. in Providence.At Gorham, Schofield learned die-cutting and silversmithing. In some silver biographies, penned by scholarly authors, it has been written that Frank Schofield cut the dies for the original Stieff Rose or, as it was known then, Maryland Rose.

  5. Martelé (silver) - Wikipedia

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    Gorham’s chief executive officer, Edward Holbrook, was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur (the highest civilian honor given by the French government), and the chief designer for the Martelé line, William Christmas Codman, was awarded a gold medal. Gorham went on to win five gold medals for its silver at the Exposition Universelle.

  6. Black, Starr & Frost - Wikipedia

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    In 1929 it merged with the Gorham Manufacturing Company to become Black, Starr & Frost — Gorham. They opened for business in a remodeled building at Fifth Avenue and 48th Street on October 30, 1929. [10] The name was eventually styled as Black Starr Frost Gorham, but reverted to Black, Starr & Frost in 1960. [11]

  7. Household silver - Wikipedia

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    Household silver or silverware (the silver, the plate, or silver service) includes tableware, cutlery, and other household items made of sterling silver, silver gilt, Britannia silver, or Sheffield plate silver. Silver is sometimes bought in sets or combined to form sets, such as a set of silver candlesticks or a silver tea set.

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  9. Silver hallmarks - Wikipedia

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    The mark for silver meeting the sterling standard of purity is the Lion Passant, but there have been other variations over the years, most notably the mark indicating Britannia purity. The Britannia standard was obligatory in Britain between 1697 and 1720 to try to help prevent British sterling silver coins from being melted to make silver plate.

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