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An Important Announcement 



Concerning 



OLD ENGLISH 



BLACKJACKS 



THE Gorham Company desires to direct atten- 

 tion to its extremely novel and original col- 

 lection of Loving Cups and Tankards, offered 

 under the name of "Old English Blackjacks." 



THESE have been designed especially to meet 

 the very wide-spread demand for articles of 

 this nature which shall be as dignified and as dec- 

 oratively effective, but yet not so costly as though 

 fashioned of solid silver. They are made closely 

 to simulate the Old English "Blackjacks' and 

 "Leathern Bottels," those characteristic drinking 

 utensils of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, 

 which are to-day so eagerly sought after by col- 

 lectors of artistic rarities. 



THESE strikingly original examples of an ar- 

 tistic revival are to be found in all sizes from 

 the drinking mug to the imposing Loving Cup, the 

 tall Tankard or the well-proportioned Flagon. The 

 bodies are of heavy hand-worked leather, the lin- 

 ings of red copper, the mountings, including the 

 shields for monograms, inscriptions or armorial 

 bearings, of sterling silver. 



BLACKJACKS are exclusively made by The 

 Gorham Company at very moderate prices, 

 from five dollars upward, and are to be obtained 

 from the important jewelers throughout the coun- 

 try, as well as from the makers. 



THE GORHAM COMPANY 



SILVERSMITHS $ GOLDSMITHS 



FIFTH AVENUE AND THIRTY-SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK 

 (The New Gorham Building) 



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