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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 9495064, member: 111&quot;]While numerous silverplate manufacturers used trademarks similar to British hallmarks, Gorham was not one of them, their &#039;lion-anchor-G&#039; trademark was used on solid silver, a guarantee even if &#039;Coin&#039; or &#039;Sterling&#039; wasn&#039;t stamped, but their silverplate mark was an anchor alone - Gorham was based in Providence, RI, the anchor a symbol of Rhode Island since the 17th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pseudo-marks, whether based on British marks or others, were used by makers in many countries, and certainly some were intended to deceive, but symbols as silver marks, whether official or the makers&#039; trademarks,&nbsp; were and are extremely common.&nbsp; As for legal challenges to similar marks today, the US has no hallmarking system, there is not now and never was any legal issue, in fact Gorham&#039;s &#039;lion-anchor-G&#039; trademark, first used in 1853, was renewed in 1990, not cancelled until 1998.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1869 Gorham advertisement:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]447460[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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