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When Gorham adopted the sterling standard in 1868, they began a system of year-marks which were
stamped into their products to denote the year in which they were made. Starting with A for 1868,
letters of the alphabet were used until 1884 (Q). From 1885 until 1933 a different symbol was used each
year.
This dating system was used also on silver plate items.
(click on "yellow date" for image)
| YEAR | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 |
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1870: see note 1
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| YEAR | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | |||
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| YEAR | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 |
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| YEAR | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
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| YEAR | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
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| YEAR | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 |
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| YEAR | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | |
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The use of the year mark was suspended until 1941, at which time Gorham silver adopted a system of marking their
" important pieces" with polygonal figures sorrounding a numeral. The number of the sides
indicated the decade of manufacture, the numeral, the year. 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980 dates had no numeral.
(click on "yellow date" for image)
| YEAR | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | ||
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| YEAR | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |
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| YEAR | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | |
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date 1970 (see note 2)
date 1972 (see note 3)
date 1985 (see note 4)
NOTES
note 1: a 1870 fruit stand presents a combined letter/symbol mark (letter "C"
and symbol "heart"). "Heart" mark is unknown to Dorothy T. Rainwater "Encyclopaedia of
American Silver Manufacturers"
note 2: a seven sides polygon was used for 1970 date
note 3: a seven sides polygon surrounding "2" was used for 1972 date
note 4: a eight sides polygon surrounding "5" was used for 1985 date
| SILVERPLATE AND ELECTROPLATED SILVER OF USA AND CANADA |
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AMERICAN SILVERPLATE MARKS Aa / Al Am / Az Ba / Bh Bi / Bz C D E F G H I J K L Ma / Mh Mi / Mz N O P Q Ra / Rn Ro / Rz Sa / Sl Sm / Sz T U V Wa / Wd We / Wz X Y Z |
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| STERLING SILVER OF USA AND CANADA |
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AMERICAN STERLING SILVER MARKS Aa / Am An / Az Ba / Bh Bi / Bz Ca / Cn Co / Cz Da / Dt Du / Dz E Fa / Fn Fo / Fz Ga / Gh Gi / Gz Ha / Hh Hi / Hz I-J K La / Lh Li / Lz M N O P - Q Ra / Rn Ro / Rz Sa / Sh Si / Sz T - U - V Wa / WG Wh / Wz X - Y - Z |
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