Silver & plate · reviewed identity clue set
Gorham lion–anchor–G sequence
Reviewed
The reviewed sources support associating the transcribed clue set with Gorham Manufacturing Company in United States during the broad period shown. Compare the full object and do not treat this mark alone as authentication.
The mark
Independently reviewed record
- Maker/factory
- Gorham Manufacturing Company
- Region
- United States
- Broad period
- 1865–present or later variants; exact end unresolved
- Review state
- Reviewed 2026-08-03
Observable features
3 clues- Walking lion facing right
- Upright anchor
- Ornate Gothic G
Common misreads and confused-with clues
- Lion passant
- Birmingham anchor
What the sources support
3 cited sourcesThe cited material supports a bounded maker or mark-family context and the source-transcribed date or reference note shown here. Exact variants require further review.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · museum · accessed 2026-07-29
- 925-1000.com · reference · accessed 2026-07-29
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · museum object record; public-domain object imagery · accessed 2026-07-29
- Date basis
- Expert mark references support a broad period; exact variant dating requires further reconciliation.
- Material context
- silver, sterling
- Source detail
- Source-linked reference
About this comparison
Written-description reconstruction; not exact geometry
Appraisily written-description reconstruction; not exact historical geometry.
Appraisily-owned text-only illustration generated without a third-party image input.
What this mark cannot settle
- The mark alone cannot establish authenticity.
- The mark alone cannot establish condition or provenance.
- The mark alone cannot establish an exact production date unless a specific variant is independently sourced.
- The mark alone cannot establish value.
Read the cited sources alongside the complete object.