The "Newcastle," of the Gorham Mfg. Co., is offered as a carefully studied effort for a beaded pattern that shall lead the present fashion for Colonial and old English character of work. No originality in design for this pattern is claimed, as the dies were purchased by the company in England. These dies were the property of the celebrated Soho works, having been designed and cut by them about the year 1830, when their productions had become famous in England. The Gorham Co. found by re-cutting each of these dies that they could produce a much more satisfactory result than could be effected by attempting the issue of the identical old pieces, and in so doing they have introduced modifications in the ornaments that have materially improved the pattern while preserving the purity of outline and simplicity in tone, the chief characteristics of a pattern with these prevailing features.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 18th September 1895
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