MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG., PATENT APPARENTLY 18?64, RETAILED BY TIFFANY & CO.; THE SECOND STAMPED WITH RETAILERS MARK OF BALL, BLACK & CO., PROBABLY MADE BY JOHN R. WENDT, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1862 (D. ALBERT SOEFFING, SILVER MEDALLION FLATWARE, P. 76)
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A MEDALLION PATTERN SILVER SOUP AND GRAVY-LADLE
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg., patent apparently 18?64, retailed by Tiffany & Co.; the second stamped with retailers mark of Ball, Black & Co., probably made by John R. Wendt, New York, circa 1862 (D. Albert Soeffing, Silver Medallion Flatware, p. 76)
The first with shaped foliate terminal, below with circular portrait medallion of Apollo on matted ground, the reverse monogrammed--12½in. (31.7cm.) long, 5.5oz.; the second with oval medallion of Mars, topped by bead, the reverse monogrammed --8in. (20.3cm.) long, 5.5oz. total weight 8oz. (2)
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg., patent apparently 18?64, retailed by Tiffany & Co.; the second stamped with retailers mark of Ball, Black & Co., probably made by John R. Wendt, New York, circa 1862 (D. Albert Soeffing, Silver Medallion Flatware, p. 76)
The first with shaped foliate terminal, below with circular portrait medallion of Apollo on matted ground, the reverse monogrammed--12½in. (31.7cm.) long, 5.5oz.; the second with oval medallion of Mars, topped by bead, the reverse monogrammed --8in. (20.3cm.) long, 5.5oz. total weight 8oz. (2)