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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1415811, member: 6444"]Just found this: <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/gorham-silver/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/gorham-silver/" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/blog/gorham-silver/</a></p><p>"From 1940 onward, Gorham silver marks changed each decade to include the year inscribed within a polygon with the same number of sides as the decade itself (for example, if a piece was made in 1947, its mark would feature the number “7” inscribed within a four-sided shape to reflect the 1940 decade)."</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew about the changing marks that they used in the late-1800's/early-1900's in addition to the lion-anchor-G, but hadn't seen that they returned to putting year marks in 1940. Mine has a "5" inside a pentagon, so it was made in 1955 (not that anyone was asking).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1415811, member: 6444"]Just found this: [URL]https://www.invaluable.com/blog/gorham-silver/[/URL] "From 1940 onward, Gorham silver marks changed each decade to include the year inscribed within a polygon with the same number of sides as the decade itself (for example, if a piece was made in 1947, its mark would feature the number “7” inscribed within a four-sided shape to reflect the 1940 decade)." I knew about the changing marks that they used in the late-1800's/early-1900's in addition to the lion-anchor-G, but hadn't seen that they returned to putting year marks in 1940. Mine has a "5" inside a pentagon, so it was made in 1955 (not that anyone was asking).[/QUOTE]
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