Gorham used these hallmarks in its sterling silver items:

1848-1868? (lion facing left)

from 1853 (lion facing right)

GORHAM DATE MARKS (click here)

GORHAM MARTELE (click here)

Gorham 1848-1865

Gorham hallmark 1871

Gorham hallmark 1873

Gorham hallmark 1885

Gorham Martelé

Gorham Athenic

Gorham hallmark (fine)

Gorham hallmark 1892

Gorham hallmark 1930

Gorham hallmark 1960

Gorham hallmark 1886

Gorham hallmark Durgin

GORHAM HISTORY
The origins of Gorham are in 1831 when the firm of Jabez Gorham was joined by Henry L. Webster in the Gorham & Webster.
In its history the firm assumed these names: Gorham & Webster (1831-1837), Gorham Webster & Price (1837.1841), J. Gorham & Son (1841-1850), Gorham & Thurber (1850-1852), Gorham & Company (1852-1865), Gorham Mfg. Company (1865-1961), Gorham Corp. (from 1961).
The company moved into a new headquarters in Providence, RI in 1890 as employment surpassed 500, and in 1905 they opened a retail outlet on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Throughout the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th, Gorham attracted some of the best designers and silver artisans in the world.
Their rapidly expanding business of doing one-of-a-kind pieces on commission for major world figures and events expanded their profile and introduced Gorham to an international clientele.
Gorham continues to operate today reflecting the principles of its founders, and it signifies the best in American silverwork comparable to the best of Europe and the far east. Today, Gorham is perhaps best known for its silverware which it produces in hundreds of well known pattens including Chantilly (the best selling flatware pattern in the world), Strasbourg, Melrose, Fairfax, and Buttercup.

Gorham Manufacturing Company - Elmwood - Rhode Island (circa 1900)

United States Patent Office Statement and Declaration of Trade-Mark No. 33902 to Gorham Manufacturing Company (October 7, 1899). The patent refers to a trade-mark consisting of "... three raised panels in which the central panel has the conventional shape of a heraldic shield on which is the representation of an anchor. The panels on each side of the central panel are inclosed by a series of central lines, the points of intersecation of the lines being within a circle. The panel on the left of the central panel has on it the representation of a lion, and the panel on the right of the central panel has the capital letter 'G' in old English. Underneath the cerntral panel is the word 'sterling'in plain Latin text.... This trade-mark has been continiously used by the said corporation since about January 1, 1853 ..."

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