An Antique Gorham Sterling Silver Salted Almond Dish and Two Spoons

The salted almond dish marked with Gorham trademark, "Sterling / 765," and with the 1892 date symbol, the underside of the shell with period engraved monogram "CFM" (4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.); each spoon with the same marks, one spoon with period engraved monogram "M" to interior of shell form bowl, the second spoon with period engraved monogram "L.E.E." to underside of shell form bowl, both spoons with faint gold wash to interior of bowls (6 in.).

Dish 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.; Spoon 6 in. (each)

3.6 total troy oz.

In the 1880s, the Gorham Manufacturing Company embraced Aesthetic Movement and Japonisme influences, producing silver that reflected the period’s growing Western interest in Japanese art and design.

This almond dish and pair of spoons relate closely to Gorham’s Narragansett pattern, introduced in 1884. Named for the Narragansett people of coastal Rhode Island, the design draws on local marine motifs such as shells, seaweed, and other shoreline forms found along the region’s waters.

The dish with several minor dents to lower center of well; both spoons with some wear to gold wash.

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