_Gothic_ dessert knife

The handles of _Gothic_ flatware, patented by Gale & Hayden in 1847 and later produced by its successor William Gale & Son, feature elements drawn from 13th-century architecture, such as arches, quatrefoils, and crenallations. Another version of Gothic flatware without crenallations was also patented and produced.

**Adapted from**

Charles L. Venable, _Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor_ (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 329.