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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JewelryPicker, post: 9494956, member: 20513&quot;]Yes, Gorham is quite accomplished in actual sterling items as well, which are marked “sterling”</p><p><br /></p><p>your desirability comment is correct.&nbsp;&nbsp; Gorham (one of America’s oldest &amp; top silver companies) purposefully mimicked the British marking system specifically because English silver was, and still it, regarded as a premium.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My comment about “fooling” people wasn’t meant to mean that Gorham was intentionally trying to deceive customers into believing that a silverplate item was sterling.&nbsp; But that does happen frequently in the secondary market.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, they were trying to prop up their products as having a highly desirable English origin.&nbsp;&nbsp; As it turns out, Gorham became quite successful by their own right, but early on…they were absolutely riding on the widely recognized British marking system to add a degree of gravitas </p><p><br /></p><p>their marking, if introduced today, likely would not survive legal challenges[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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