For your consideration are three almond dishes in the Art Nouveau pattern Ivy by the American silver company Gorham. The dishes are of an ovoid shape with a swirling leaf/frond pattern in the bowl. The handle is formed of leaves. The dishes are delightful and the pattern is very decorative, with or without nuts in them. The dishes would have been part of a set of one large nut dish and several smaller (6 or 12) ones. Today they are still very useful to hold condiments on a table or small items on a dressing table, in the bathroom or even the home office, etc.
The dishes are each 11.2cm long, 5.4cm wide, and 1.5cm in height. There is no monogram. The weight (for all three combined) is 90g. All dishes are marked on their undersides with GORHAM, Gorham mark, STERLING, 104B and data mark for 1933.
Founded in 1831, the Gorham Manufacturing Company was one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate. During the heyday of American silver, approx. 1850 through 1940, Gorham was highly influential with a reputation for high quality. Its silver is used in the White House and was exhibited at the major International Exhibitions.