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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 2520295, member: 85"]The point I was trying to make is that Gorham did not make crystal.</p><p>Gorham was a silverware company that made sterling and silverplate flatware as well as holloware. They did not make crystal.</p><p>They had to have someone else make it so they could put their label on it.</p><p>It is more than likely imported from a European glass company</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company#:~:text=Gorham%20Silver%20was%20founded%20in%20Providence%2C%20Rhode%20Island%2C,made%20thimbles%2C%20combs%2C%20jewelry%2C%20and%20other%20small%20items" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company#:~:text=Gorham%20Silver%20was%20founded%20in%20Providence%2C%20Rhode%20Island%2C,made%20thimbles%2C%20combs%2C%20jewelry%2C%20and%20other%20small%20items" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company#:~:text=Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island,,made thimbles, combs, jewelry, and other small items</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 2520295, member: 85"]The point I was trying to make is that Gorham did not make crystal. Gorham was a silverware company that made sterling and silverplate flatware as well as holloware. They did not make crystal. They had to have someone else make it so they could put their label on it. It is more than likely imported from a European glass company [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company#:~:text=Gorham%20Silver%20was%20founded%20in%20Providence%2C%20Rhode%20Island%2C,made%20thimbles%2C%20combs%2C%20jewelry%2C%20and%20other%20small%20items']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company#:~:text=Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island,,made thimbles, combs, jewelry, and other small items[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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