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Your Price: $ 25.00
Item Number: ptsbell718
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Circa: 1978
Manufacturer: Gorham Fine China/Made in USA
This Norman Rockwell, Gay Blades, dinner bell with wooden handle and gold trim was made in 1978 by Gorham China and is marked: Gorham / Est 1831 / Fine China / U.S.A. / Gay Blades / 1978.
The Gorham company was founded in 1831 by Jabez Gorham. Initially, Gorham manufactured only sterling flatware and holloware. Later, from 1970 to 1984, the Gorham Division of Textron, Inc., made fine china dinnerware in Pasadena, California, at a plant formerly occupied by Flintridge China Company. Gorham purchased Flintridge in March of 1970 and for few years continued to make some Flintridge patterns. Eventually Gorham began producing their own china designs many of which were made to coordinate with their sterling silver patterns. In 1984, Gorham ceased manufacturing its own china and began importing it from Japan. In the early 1990s, Lenox, Inc. of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, purchased Gorham and continues to make various Gorham China patterns today.
Norman Rockwell was born in New York on 3rd February, 1894. Rockwell enjoyed drawing and decided he wanted to be an artist at an early age. He studied at Chase Art School, the National Academy of Design and the Arts Students League. While a student he began having his drawings published in Boys Life magazine. Rockwell's editor was so impressed by his work and made him art director of the magazine.
Rockwell's ambition was to produce a painting used on the front-cover of the Saturday Evening Post. In March 1916 he travelled to Philadelphia to see George Horace Lorimer, the editor of the magazine. When Lorimer saw his work he immediately accepted two covers and commissioned three more. This was the start of his long-term relationship with the magazine that was to last over 45 years.
The picture on front and back is in very good condition and it measures 8 5/8 inches tall and 3 3/4 inches across the base.
A multi collectible and an addition to any Norman Rockwell Collection.
SH & Ins. will be quoted after orders placed. If you have questions feel free to contact me and thank you for looking.
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