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Gaylord Silvercraft

The Gaylord Silvercraft workshop was part of the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, Wallingford, CT, run by the New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis Association.

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.

The workshop was founded in 1923 and ended in 1944. The hallmarks for Gaylord Silvercraft are "Sterling," a hammer with wings, "G.S." and "handwrought."

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I have a piece like picture #4 with initials on it. Thanks
- Fred Friedley, Sun, 9 Nov 2008 3:21PM

1 Gaylord Silvercraft large sterling serving spoon.	2 Gaylord Silvercraft hammered sterling napkin ring. Gaylord seems to "find" Roger....	3 Gaylord Silvercraft hammered sterling sugar tongs.
4 Gaylord Silvercraft engraved sterling pin. Another great find from Roger!	5 Gaylord Silvercraft Two sterling bracelets The Gaylord Farm Sanatorium was originally a hospital for tuberculosis patients. A silversmithing course was started in 1925 and closed operations in 1944. There were 139 different types of items cataloged. Over the years, 481 patients worked 100,187 hours to produce the 28,990.5 (don't know about this .5 item?) items which were sold in the Gaylord Silversmith Shop. The Gaylord mark is a hammer with wings on each side (the hammer looks like a T) and HANDWROUGHT STERLING. My sweet guy Roger found these!	6 Gaylord Silvercraft sterling hammered link bracelet and salt spoon. Each signed with the Gaylord mark (hammer with wings) and Handwrought Sterling.
7 Gaylord Silvercraft bon-bon spoon Sterling silver	8 Gaylord Silvercraft engraved bangle.	9 HAND WROUGHT STERLING SILVER SLOTTED SERVER, MADE BY "WILLIAM WALDO DODGE". WELL KNOW FOR HIS ARTS AND CRAFT IN STERLING, HAVING OWNED HIS OWN COMPANY. (ASHEVILLE SILVERCRAFT, 1923-1943). Involved with Gaylord Silvercraft.
10 Gaylord Silvercraft engraved sterling circle pin	11 Gaylord Silvercraft sterling engraved oval pin.	12 Gaylord Silvercraft pierced hammered sterling bonbon spoons.
13 Gaylord Silvercraft ladle	14 Gaylord Silvercraft -- 4 butter pats	15 Gaylord Silvercraft hammered sterling pin

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