Gorham Lady's Figural Sterling Sugar Spoon

The 1860's were an expressive and imaginative decade in the realm of silver design and manufacture. This 7" long, sterling silver sugar spoon in Gorham's Lady is testimony to that impulse. Lady's was made in at least two variants, both of which featured a cast hand holding a spray of leaves and berries. This version places the hand at the end of the handle, while the other rendition has a disk end and the hand on the backside of the bowl. This piece is a superb example in excellent condition. It retains most of its original gold wash in the bowl, and has an Old English "C" monogram on the reverse. Marks are the Gorham lion, anchor, G, and the word Sterling.