This is a very nice serving spoon in Gorham's Lady's pattern. It is 9 ½ long and weighs 76.4 grams or 2.45 ozt. Lady's is a multi-motif pattern. There is a very elaborate monogram with fancy decoration.
The patent date is 1865. Tucker & C0 of San Francisco, California. They were in business from 1850 to 1886. It is marked "STERLING" and it has the standard Lion, Anchor and G for the time period.We currently have some outstanding Gorham, Tiffany, Durgin, Reed and Barton as well as silver by other fine makers. We also have listed some excellent English and Continental silver listed.