Gorham Silver was headquartered at 390 Fifth Avenue at 36th street from 1905 until 1967 when it was purchased by Textron. This is a picture of the famous bronze balconies with the letter “G” for Gorham in the ironwork from that building.
Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island 1831 by Jabez Gorham, a master craftsman. The firm's chief product was spoons of coin silver.
In 1884, the company opened a store in the Ladies' Mile shopping district in Manhattan, New York City, but moved to the Fifth Avenue building which was designed for the by Stanford White
The White House used Gorham silver services many times. Mary Todd Lincoln purchased an impressive tea and flatware service for use in the White House in 1859. The tea service was presented to the National Museum of American History in 1957. Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant asked Gorham to commemorate the country's one-hundredth anniversary with a spectacular Century Vase that contained over 2,000 ounces of sterling silver. The White House later commissioned a "loving cup" composed of 70,000 dimes was designed for Admiral George Dewey in 1899.
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. Gorham designed a number of elaborate trophies for sporting events, including the Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indianapolis 500.
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