Life, 1914-11-19 · page 6 of 44
Life — November 19, 1914 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a cartoon or satirical content**—it's a straightforward advertisement for The Gorham Company, silversmiths and goldsmiths located in New York City. The page promotes Gorham's "Chests of Silver," luxury gift items containing matched sets of table silver. The illustration shows a tiered wooden chest on a stand, open to display silverware inside. The ad emphasizes quality craftsmanship, variety of sizes (20 to 801 pieces), and the practical advantage that replacement pieces can always be matched to existing Gorham patterns. This represents early 20th-century luxury marketing targeting affluent consumers seeking prestigious houseware gifts. There is no satire, political commentary, or hidden meaning—simply period advertising in a magazine known primarily for humor.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Corham Chests of Silver NE of the handsomest presents you can make t to yourself or a friend is a SY chest of Gorham Silver. Chests as well as silver are Gorham- made. They are in both oak and ma- hogany, made by expert cabinet-makers, and as staunch as they are graceful and convenient. : Fach is filled with a carefully balanced selection of Gorham table silver. The chests run from the small one containing 20 pieces to the big one with 801. There are scores of intermediate sizes and combinations. A thing to remember in buying a Gorham chest is that you can always match or replace pieces in any Gorham pattern. Nothing that comes from the Gorham factory more satisfactorily fulfils the Gorham ideal of character and quality. THE GORHAM CO. Silversmiths and Goldsmiths FIFTH AVENUE & 36th STREET 17-19 MAIDEN LANE Quality for Quality—Price for Price—Gorham Standards comicbooks.com