The best piece in my collection! *not a coin* Gorham aesthetic period silver
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This is by far my favorite piece. It's been securely stashed away for a few years but I brought it out the other day to show some family and friends. While I had it out I figured I'd make a quick YouTube video of it and wanted to share it with everyone here.
It's an aesthetic period ice cream dish made by Gorham in 1883. It's entirely hand made and this was truly the best of the best at that time. The more you look at it, the more hidden stuff you see. It's insane workmanship!
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Beautiful piece. I love almost anything antique.
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That is some awesome workmanship. If that sucker was used long enough I could see someone ending up eating onna those crabs!
That’s absolutely stunning! From a different time, for sure!
Way Cool and Congrats!...that looks exactly like what Billy The Kid had Pendleton grab the white cake with the sweet frosting off of from Young Guns 2...the scene when he put the shooting show on for the Governor of New Mexico, and his cronies
Very, very nice silver work... Sure do not see anything like that anymore. Great craftsmanship... Cheers, RickO
Beautiful item. Are you sure its for ice cream and not a seafood serving dish?
@emzee I though seafood at first also, but a silver dealer in New York told me it’s an ice cream dish. Since then, I’ve seen archive pictures from Gorham confirming what he told me.
Quite the piece for ice cream, however, in the 1880’s ice cream was quite expensive so it kinda makes sense.
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Merry Christmas everybody!
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Beautiful tray...most of these are one-of-a-kind and took silver craftsmen many hours/days to make...this is a museum quality piece...from what I can see the mark on the bottom is an "F" = made in 1873..."P" = 1883...but maybe I'm not seeing it correctly...
Definitely a museum piece, I like it a lot. Glad it escaped the melting pot. By the way it looks like a "P" on the bottom to me.
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That is really neat. I wonder how long it took to make that back then. How did you end up with it?
Sweet piece!!!
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Beautiful workmanship, very "organic" in style.
Looks awesome. Great piece of old time Americana
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That is a nice piece that you have there!
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Thanks everybody! It's P for 1883, my camera work was a little shaky on the marks.
@Wabbit2313 this piece would have taken many hours to make as it was all hand raised, chased, etc.
I got this for less than scrap! Indeed I saved it from the melting pot. I was working for a B&M a few years ago and it came in with other silver. The other silver was indeed scrap, but then there was this piece! Got it for around 90% of melt, definitely saved it from destruction!
@Weiss should like this one!
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Incredible
How was something like that crafted ?
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Just gorgeous all the way thank you for sharing.
@1630Boston this piece was completely made with hand tools, anvil, etc. On YouTube check out videos on silversmithing and you'll see raising and chasing, it's very cool to watch!
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Thanks @asheland
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PS Great video also
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As stated above...Very Nice.
Skilled craftsmanship.
Out of curiosity, what does it weigh ?
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@1630Boston You're welcome.
@Rosco it's right around 30 Troy Ozs (Sterling)
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Amazing that pieces like that were melted by the bucket and probably continue to be melted to this day. Ultimately that's the game we play: The meltees are what make the survivors what they are.
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@asheland That is one beautiful looking piece with a lot of detail that I would be proud to own.
Thanks for sharing it.
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@Weiss That group is awesome. Indeed it's the melting that makes our collections all the more valuable.
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