Swiss Gorham Sterling Pastry Fork & Knife Brite Cut-Pierced Mono Lillie Langtree Primitives with Gilt Silver Risa

with Gilt Silver Risa

The three dimensional shaded gray sulphide is of an angel playing a guitar against a white background

Later in the 19th and early 20th centuries they were romanticized as a fashion accessory for young ladies to hold the flowers brought by courting 'gentleman callers'

William H Bartlet

He painted portraits and scenery for Vancouver theaters before settling in Los Angeles about 1936

Swiss Gorham Sterling Pastry Fork & Knife Brite Cut-Pierced Mono Lillie Langtree Primitives with Gilt Silver RisaSwiss By Gorham Sterling Pastry Fork And Knife Brite Cut Pierced Monogram Rare Sterling Silver Pastry Fork and very interesting Knife. Brite cut and Pierced with very intricate details. The pattern Swiss by Gorham. It is inscribed with "Lillie". Hallmarked "Pat. Apple. For" and "Sterling" and the Gorham marks (see photos) Dimensions: Height: Fork 5 3 4" Knife 6 3 8" Weight: 50. 5 g Condition: Good age related condition, abrasions and scuffs from use.