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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 10690552, member: 111&quot;]It is Gorham&#039;s &#039;Cottage&#039; pattern, the subject of one of Gorham&#039;s infringement lawsuits, still relevant case law - the patent can be seen in the lengthy post linked below.&nbsp; The earliest pieces would have the &#039;PATENT 1861&#039; stamp, which would have eventually been omitted since the longest a design could be protected was 14 years.&nbsp; The mark form chart on 925-1000 should be considered a guideline, Gorham was an extremely prolific company with many variances in their marks, your mark was used prior to 1875, but was pretty much phased out after 1898, though it does appear on some 1920s Erik Magnussen designed pieces.&nbsp; The pattern would be produced as long as it was selling and could be made on request, personally doubt it was in regular production past the 1890s, if that late...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000151.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000151.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000151.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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