Gorham Sterling Silver Tray, Engraved 1867-1917

• Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
• Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• American / United States silver - silver trays, salvers and waiters 21
• Gorham Manufacturing Co. (United States) - other silver and bronze items 107
• trays, silver
  • silver, 20th century 355
  • silver, Victorian 172