Philadelphia Antiques Show 2016_

✷ 141 ✷ FROM THE COLLECTION OF… FROM THE COLLECTION OF… SPENCER GORDON SPENCERMARKS, LTD., SOUTHAMPTON, MA Gorham Sterling Silver Stilton Cheese Scoop, Providence, RI, 1870. Owned by John Gorham. e Gorham Manufacturing Company was one of the most successful silversmithing rms in America. John Gorham (1820–1898) started working there for his father at the age of 17, became a partner in 1851 and, in 1863, became president of the company. During that time the workforce increased from 12 to over 1,000 in 1870, when Gorham became the largest silver company in the U.S. John Gorham achieved this by incorporating new technologies into production and addressing the new market of the expanding middle class. Silversmith John Gorham was an American entrepreneur. is sterling cheese scoop was given to John Gorham as a gift for his 50th birthday. We love the fact that it was owned by this great American silversmith/businessman and made by his important rm. e rare pattern, called “Isis,” re ects the Egyptian revival taste in America and the great design sensibilities at Gorham. JOHN SUVAL PHILIP SUVAL, INC., FREDERICKSBURG, VA China Trade porcelain plate: is brilliantly enamelled plate, dates circa 1815, and is a later version of a famous “Tobacco Leaf” pattern. It is approximately 9½" in diameter, and is thought to have been part of a wedding service made for the British Market. “Tobacco Leaf” patterns in China Trade porcelain have always been sought after and desirable because of the lovely designs of overlapping colorful leaves. ere are about six 18th-century variations, but only one early 19th-century design. is is the early 19th-century example. It is one of the most brilliantly painted export designs, and both my wife, Barbara, and I love it because it is, in a sense, timeless. Many who see it think it is contemporary. It could easily appeal to a collector of modern works of art.