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VERSAILLES GORHAM STERLING COPYRIGHTED FISH FORKS
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Pre 1920 item# 416065 (stock# 131)
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This Gorham sterling silver flatware pattern was designed by a French sculptor named Heller. The designs are carried from piece to piece; there is a different design on the teaspoons, forks, and on all the different types of piece. The designs were inspired by the murals in the Palace of Versailles. resulting in the most expensive dies Gorham ever made. The eight sterling silver forks are marked copyrighted, indicating they were made prior 1900. A triple script monogram of the period is on t ...click for details
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CHINESE EXPORT CANTON GINGER JAR
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Pre 1900 item# 395944 (stock# 501)
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Between 1800 to approximately 1860 the United States was the principal market for all Chinese Export porcelain, although there was virtually no production from 1839 to 1860 because of China’s Opium Wars. By 1890 the United States government required all imports to be marked with their country of origin, hence "CHINA" or "MADE IN CHINA" is displayed on the foot of the later wares, simplifying the dating process. The U.S. Stamp Act of 1894 mandated the imprint of “Made In China ...click for details
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AMERICAN BLOWN GLASS- RARE FLIP 18TH CENTURY
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Pre 1900 item# 382114 (stock# A5)
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Rare Early American blown flip, Stiegel type, 1769-1779 period. Ribbed, clear glass, sides spreading slightly to plain rim, decorated by long narrow molded sunken panels, at top copper wheel engraving. See Plate 22 in American Glass by McKearin.
A large drinking glass, no stem, no handle, often with a lid perhaps modeled after metal versions, that held the drink 'flip. The following was taken from an article on the WEb:Let me not fail to speak of the splendid glasses in which flip was ofte ...click for details
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