Rare GAYLORD SILVERCRAFT HAND WROUGHT Hammered STERLING SILVER BANGLE BRACELET 8
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:20301689 | Main Stone: No Stone |
| Gender: Female | Brand: Gaylord Silvercraft |
| Style: Bangle | Metal: Sterling Silver |
| lot: No | Length (inches): 8 |
Extremely Rare Gaylord Silvercraft Sterling Hand Wrought Hammered finish bangle bracelet.2.5” diameter, approximately 8” circumference
Impressed with hammer with wings mark and hand wrought sterling.
Early 20th century.
From the “Gaylord Silvercraft Shop. This covers 1925-29 and 1931-44. In 1944 the Gaylord Silvercraft Shop closed operations. There are 139 types of items cataloged (see below). The total number of items made was 28, 990.5. During these 19 years, 481 pati...ents worked 100, 187 hours to produce the 28, 990.5 items sold in the shop. Each patient worked an average of 208.3 total hours for the shop. This means that on average it took approximately 3.5 hours to produce each item.
The original Gaylord Farm Sanatorium has evolved into the Gaylord Hospital. In 2002 the hospital will be celebrating their 100th birthday. They would like to receive donations of Gaylord Silvercraft silver for inclusion in the celebration.
For more information on the Gaylord Silvercraft Shop and William Waldo Dodge see:
Silversmithing as a
Treatment for Tuberculosis:
William Waldo Dodge, Jr.
and the Beginnings of
Gaylord Silvercraft
by
W. Scott Braznell
The Connecticut
Historical Society
Bulletin
summer/fall 1992
William Waldo Dodge:
The Asheville Craftsman
by
Bruce Johnson
Silver Magazine
July 1994
Item Manufactured:
After Dinner Coffee Spoons 323
Ankle Bracelets 12
Ash Trays 238
Asparagus Fork 1
Asparagus Tongs 6
Asparagus Servers 56
Baby Food Pushers 4
Baby Bracelets 7
Baby Spoons 701
Baby Forks 274
Bangle Bracelets (prs.) 3087.5
Bangles (prs.) 120
Bar Pins 489
Barrettes 83
Belt Buckles 152
Belts 108
Berry Spoons 8
Bill Clips 1
Bon Bon Bowls 13
Bon Bon Spoons 176
Book Marks 146
Bouillon Spoons 47
Bowls 107
Bracelets 3108
Brooches 11
Butter Picks 9
Butter Spreaders 119
Butter Plates 18
Butter Knives 122
Cake Lifter 1
Cake Servers 18
Candy Dish 3
Card Trays 2
Chain Bracelets 4
Chains and Rings 2
Chains 625
Charm 1
Cheese Scoops 9
Cheese Knives 46
Cheese Plates 8
Chokers 17
Cigarette Stands 2
Cigarette Holder 1
Coat of Arms 1
Cocktail Picks 18
Cold Meat Forks 165
Condiment Spoons 17
Cream Ladles 207
Cream Soup Spoons 12
Crosses 668
Cuff Pins (prs.) 669
Cuff Links (prs.) 544
Dessert Spoons 59
Dessert Knives 69
Dessert Forks 100
Dinner Knives 48
Dinner Forks 48
Ear Rings (prs.) 444
Egg Spoons 3
Folding Teaspoon 1
Food Pushers 41
Friendship Pins 232
Gravy Ladles 138
Hair Pins 14
Heart Charms 4
Ice Tongs 58
Ice Tea Spoons 26
Ice Tongs (prs.) 2
Iced Tea Spoons 273
Identification Lockets 6
Identification Bracelets 88
Individual Salad Forks 54
Initial Buttons 3
Jelly Knives 295
Key Pin 1
Key Chains 11
Lapel Buttons 2
Lemon Forks 440
Letter Openers 55
Lingerie Clasps (prs.) 645
Link Bracelets 788
Lockets and Chains 3
Marmalade Dishes 2
Match Box Holders 590
Mayonnaise Ladles 171
Mayonnaise Set 1
Money Clips 4
Monogram Ring 1
Monogram Pins 451
Mustard Spoon 1
Name Plates 7
Napkin Clips 361
Napkin Rings 113
Napkin Holders 386
Necklace 2
Novelty Pins 5196
Nut Spoons 9
Olive Spoons 59
Oyster Forks 69
Paper Cutters 16
Pastry Servers 166
Pendant 1
Pickle Forks 187
Picture Frame 2
Plates 4
Porringer 2
Punch Ladle 1
Rings 45
Salad Spoons 388
Salad Forks 303
Salt Spoons (prs.) 358
Salt Spoons 229
Salt Bowls 470
Sandwich Trays 33
Sardine Servers 22
Script Letters 6
Serving Fork 1
Serving Spoons 69
Sets Blotter Corners 2
Shaded Block Letters 3
Shoe Buckles (prs.) 100
Slave Bracelets 341
Soup Ladle 1
Spring Bracelets 784
Sugar Trays 20
Sugar Shells 89
Sugar Tongs 427
Table Spoons 25
Tatting Shuttle 2
Tea Forks 6
Tea Spoons 415
Tie Clips 13
Tomato Servers 151
Trowels 2
Turkey Tie Clips 2
Vegetable Spoons 36
Watch Straps 3
Watch Bracelets 4
Wide Bracelets 301
Total items made (1925-29; 31-44) 28, 990.5”
“The following information is taken from an annual report for Gaylord Farm Sanatorium for 1923.
The silver working was done as part of the vocational training and occupational therapy for the tuberculosis patients. After the Federal Board for Vocational Education ceased funding this work at Gaylord, the board feeling that the silverwork would pay for itself persuaded Mrs. W. W. Dodge, Jr. of Meriden to come on board at a nominal salary to develop this workshop.
Mr. W. W. Dodge was one of the U.S. servicemen who was at the sanitorium during WWI, assigned by the War Risk Insurance Bureau. He also, as well as his wife, gave great assistance to setting up the workshop, in fact giving many of the designs that were made into silver pieces by the workshop.
Dodge also wrote the bit of verse that opens the chapter in the report on the Gaylord silvercraft:
This piece of work I fashioned, saw it grow;
Endowed it with my personality:
Gave it the Life God gave me, long ago,
When first He made my forebears, in eternity.
And so, each piece of work, each bit of art,
That Man makes in his narrow span on earth,
Is God's; and every living part
Harks back through myriad ages to its birth.
The information mentions a registered trademark for the silver work but does not describe it, but the name is Gaylord Silvercraft.
There is still a Gaylord Farm Rehabilitation Center listed in the Wallingford directory as well as a Gaylord Hospital, which is on Gaylord Farms Rd.
Sincerely,
Martha H. Smart
Connecticut Historical Society
Impressed with hammer with wings mark and hand wrought sterling.
Early 20th century.
From the “Gaylord Silvercraft Shop. This covers 1925-29 and 1931-44. In 1944 the Gaylord Silvercraft Shop closed operations. There are 139 types of items cataloged (see below). The total number of items made was 28, 990.5. During these 19 years, 481 pati...ents worked 100, 187 hours to produce the 28, 990.5 items sold in the shop. Each patient worked an average of 208.3 total hours for the shop. This means that on average it took approximately 3.5 hours to produce each item.
The original Gaylord Farm Sanatorium has evolved into the Gaylord Hospital. In 2002 the hospital will be celebrating their 100th birthday. They would like to receive donations of Gaylord Silvercraft silver for inclusion in the celebration.
For more information on the Gaylord Silvercraft Shop and William Waldo Dodge see:
Silversmithing as a
Treatment for Tuberculosis:
William Waldo Dodge, Jr.
and the Beginnings of
Gaylord Silvercraft
by
W. Scott Braznell
The Connecticut
Historical Society
Bulletin
summer/fall 1992
William Waldo Dodge:
The Asheville Craftsman
by
Bruce Johnson
Silver Magazine
July 1994
Item Manufactured:
After Dinner Coffee Spoons 323
Ankle Bracelets 12
Ash Trays 238
Asparagus Fork 1
Asparagus Tongs 6
Asparagus Servers 56
Baby Food Pushers 4
Baby Bracelets 7
Baby Spoons 701
Baby Forks 274
Bangle Bracelets (prs.) 3087.5
Bangles (prs.) 120
Bar Pins 489
Barrettes 83
Belt Buckles 152
Belts 108
Berry Spoons 8
Bill Clips 1
Bon Bon Bowls 13
Bon Bon Spoons 176
Book Marks 146
Bouillon Spoons 47
Bowls 107
Bracelets 3108
Brooches 11
Butter Picks 9
Butter Spreaders 119
Butter Plates 18
Butter Knives 122
Cake Lifter 1
Cake Servers 18
Candy Dish 3
Card Trays 2
Chain Bracelets 4
Chains and Rings 2
Chains 625
Charm 1
Cheese Scoops 9
Cheese Knives 46
Cheese Plates 8
Chokers 17
Cigarette Stands 2
Cigarette Holder 1
Coat of Arms 1
Cocktail Picks 18
Cold Meat Forks 165
Condiment Spoons 17
Cream Ladles 207
Cream Soup Spoons 12
Crosses 668
Cuff Pins (prs.) 669
Cuff Links (prs.) 544
Dessert Spoons 59
Dessert Knives 69
Dessert Forks 100
Dinner Knives 48
Dinner Forks 48
Ear Rings (prs.) 444
Egg Spoons 3
Folding Teaspoon 1
Food Pushers 41
Friendship Pins 232
Gravy Ladles 138
Hair Pins 14
Heart Charms 4
Ice Tongs 58
Ice Tea Spoons 26
Ice Tongs (prs.) 2
Iced Tea Spoons 273
Identification Lockets 6
Identification Bracelets 88
Individual Salad Forks 54
Initial Buttons 3
Jelly Knives 295
Key Pin 1
Key Chains 11
Lapel Buttons 2
Lemon Forks 440
Letter Openers 55
Lingerie Clasps (prs.) 645
Link Bracelets 788
Lockets and Chains 3
Marmalade Dishes 2
Match Box Holders 590
Mayonnaise Ladles 171
Mayonnaise Set 1
Money Clips 4
Monogram Ring 1
Monogram Pins 451
Mustard Spoon 1
Name Plates 7
Napkin Clips 361
Napkin Rings 113
Napkin Holders 386
Necklace 2
Novelty Pins 5196
Nut Spoons 9
Olive Spoons 59
Oyster Forks 69
Paper Cutters 16
Pastry Servers 166
Pendant 1
Pickle Forks 187
Picture Frame 2
Plates 4
Porringer 2
Punch Ladle 1
Rings 45
Salad Spoons 388
Salad Forks 303
Salt Spoons (prs.) 358
Salt Spoons 229
Salt Bowls 470
Sandwich Trays 33
Sardine Servers 22
Script Letters 6
Serving Fork 1
Serving Spoons 69
Sets Blotter Corners 2
Shaded Block Letters 3
Shoe Buckles (prs.) 100
Slave Bracelets 341
Soup Ladle 1
Spring Bracelets 784
Sugar Trays 20
Sugar Shells 89
Sugar Tongs 427
Table Spoons 25
Tatting Shuttle 2
Tea Forks 6
Tea Spoons 415
Tie Clips 13
Tomato Servers 151
Trowels 2
Turkey Tie Clips 2
Vegetable Spoons 36
Watch Straps 3
Watch Bracelets 4
Wide Bracelets 301
Total items made (1925-29; 31-44) 28, 990.5”
“The following information is taken from an annual report for Gaylord Farm Sanatorium for 1923.
The silver working was done as part of the vocational training and occupational therapy for the tuberculosis patients. After the Federal Board for Vocational Education ceased funding this work at Gaylord, the board feeling that the silverwork would pay for itself persuaded Mrs. W. W. Dodge, Jr. of Meriden to come on board at a nominal salary to develop this workshop.
Mr. W. W. Dodge was one of the U.S. servicemen who was at the sanitorium during WWI, assigned by the War Risk Insurance Bureau. He also, as well as his wife, gave great assistance to setting up the workshop, in fact giving many of the designs that were made into silver pieces by the workshop.
Dodge also wrote the bit of verse that opens the chapter in the report on the Gaylord silvercraft:
This piece of work I fashioned, saw it grow;
Endowed it with my personality:
Gave it the Life God gave me, long ago,
When first He made my forebears, in eternity.
And so, each piece of work, each bit of art,
That Man makes in his narrow span on earth,
Is God's; and every living part
Harks back through myriad ages to its birth.
The information mentions a registered trademark for the silver work but does not describe it, but the name is Gaylord Silvercraft.
There is still a Gaylord Farm Rehabilitation Center listed in the Wallingford directory as well as a Gaylord Hospital, which is on Gaylord Farms Rd.
Sincerely,
Martha H. Smart
Connecticut Historical Society
