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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Frank, post: 10690057, member: 5421&quot;]As I work my way through the silver my sister-in-law gave me back in the spring, I&#039;ve run into a couple of things I have questions about, this being one of them.</p><p>This ladle is by Gorham, is 13 inches long and weighs 218.2g. I&#039;m fairly sure the pattern in &quot;Cottage&quot;, but the examples I&#039;ve found online include the word &quot;patented&quot; and a date code. The only marks on this piece are shown, but the date is somewhat vague. 925-1000 shows the style of the mark as &quot;last quarter 19th century&quot;. I see that the pattern was introduced in 1861. </p><p>How long was &quot;Cottage&quot; produced, and does the lack of other marks suggest that this might be early production? I don&#039;t see much of this pattern in online searches, so is it somewhat uncommon or is it not popular?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533883[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]533884[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]533885[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If it wouldn&#039;t embarrass my wife, this is the dainty little spoon I&#039;d eat gumbo with. But I love gumbo and would eat it with a shovel if I could![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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