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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 177313, member: 59"]That would be awfully unusual even for "new old stock." I seriously doubt they're original production.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit - I just checked Replacements who claims the Lancaster pattern was not discontinued until 1991. So I suppose having some of that recent vintage show up unused is at least possible. HOWEVER, my personal experience with patterns that lasted a long time is that there were changes in size over time such that the newer ones look strange next to the older ones - mostly shorter. And in the case of Gorham. I know that some of their early patterns were "re-issued" at a later date and the definition of the designs is much less sharp and defined on the new ones. I still advise caution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 177313, member: 59"]That would be awfully unusual even for "new old stock." I seriously doubt they're original production. Edit - I just checked Replacements who claims the Lancaster pattern was not discontinued until 1991. So I suppose having some of that recent vintage show up unused is at least possible. HOWEVER, my personal experience with patterns that lasted a long time is that there were changes in size over time such that the newer ones look strange next to the older ones - mostly shorter. And in the case of Gorham. I know that some of their early patterns were "re-issued" at a later date and the definition of the designs is much less sharp and defined on the new ones. I still advise caution.[/QUOTE]
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