Vintage Gorham Repoussé Gold Wash .925 Sterling Silver Unicorn Floral Pendant

Description: Sterling Silver with Gold Wash!! Unicorn Mythical Fantasy!! Fine, Detailed Embossing Artwork! Dress Up Any Blouse Dimensions: 1 3/4" L X 1 3/8" W Weight: Approx. 15 grams Gorham Standard of Quality Gorgeous Repoussé design in .925 Sterling Silver! Hallmarks on reverse is "Gorham~Sterling" This pendant is a fabulous, fantasy pendant in a large size that features a unicorn in the center with a gold washed horn. The unicorn is surrounded by flowers and hair stands in a wreathlike repoussé design, mostly on the left, top, and bottom of the brooch. More gold wash is sprinkled throughout the flowers and hair strands. The right side is open to highlight the profile of the unicorn. The maximum opening for the bail is 2.5mm. The gold wash design on this piece exudes a vintage charm, is absolutely essential to bring out the exquisite detail, and is a major design element. A regular silver cleaner might remove this plating material. Unless you prefer a monochromatic appearance, this pendant should only be cleaned with gentle cleaners that do not remove embossing or tarnish, as this would alter the appearance. A professional jeweler could also assist with gentle cleaning as necessary. Full of Fantasy and Beauty! More on Gorham from Wikipedia: The Gorham Manufacturing Company is one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate and a foundry for bronze sculpture. Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, 1831 by Jabez Gorham, a master craftsman, in partnership with Henry L. Webster. The firm's chief product was spoons of coin silver. The company also made thimbles, combs, jewelry, and other small items. In 1865, the Rhode Island legislature granted a charter in the name of Gorham Manufacturing Company and in 1890, the company relocated to a factory on Adelaide Avenue in Providence. During the heyday of American silver manufacturing, approximately 1850 - 1940, Gorham was highly influential. William C. Codman, one of Gorham's most noted designers, created the Chantilly design in 1895, which has become the most famous of Gorham's flatware patterns. The company has produced matching hollowware in both sterling and silverplate. In 1884, the company opened a store in the Ladies' Mile shopping district in Manhattan, New York City, but moved in 1905 to a Fifth Avenue building which it commissioned from architect Stanford White. In 1906, Gorham purchased another long-time rival, New Jersey-based Kerr & Co. Gorham artisans also sculpted the famous monument of George Washington in the Capitol's Rotunda, the statue of Theodore Roosevelt that overlooks the Museum of Natural History in New York, and the famous Independent Man which tops the Rhode Island State House. Gorham designed a number of elaborate trophies for sporting events, including the Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indianapolis 500, designed by Robert J. Hill. European Recognition In 1886 a commentator wrote in the London Magazine of Art: If we go to one of the first London silversmiths and ask for spoons and forks, we are met at once with the smiling query. "Yes, Sir; fiddle or old English?" Fiddle or old English! If we decline both those chaste designs we are assured that there is still a large selection of patterns remaining. The "Lily", the "Beaded", "King's Pattern", and "Queen's Pattern." There perforce, our choice must end....Mark the difference, in this one article, between the supine conservatism of the English manufacturers and the alertness and constant progress of the American maker. For instance [Gorham] would not be satisfied unless it produced every year or two new patterns, nearly all of which are beautiful, and of which they will produce a complete service of all articles for table use from a salt-spoon to a soup ladle. In 1893, a French observer was surprised by America's "remarkable fertility in the variety of its patterns for table services." Of the flatware patterns designed by F. A. Heller (1839–1904) for Gorham he wrote "we have no idea of the richness of ornamentation of these services, and of the amount of talent expended by him in the engraving of the dies which he has made on the other side of the Atlantic." Gorham as a Sculpture Foundry In the early 1880s Gorham began casting ecclesiastical items, such as lecterns and in 1889 the cast its first statue, The Skirmisher by Frederick Kohlhagen, located at Gettysburg National Military Park. In 1896, its casting of W. Granville Hastings bust, Judge Carpenter was the first in America using the lost-wax casting method. The foundry went on to become one of the leading art foundries in the United States. The Smithsonian archives of American art list Gorham foundry over 700 times in its inventory of American sculpture. NOTE: This listing includes only the pendant. Necklace and earrings pictured for illustration purposes only and sold separately if still available. Check out other listings by clicking "see other items" at top right.

Price: 149 USD

Location: Gainesville, Florida

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