The three branches of flaring form with central ebony finial, on three angled ebony feet, marked under base Gorham Sterling, numbered and with date symbol.

Designed by the American Donald Colflesh in 1958 and introduced by Gorham in 1960.

In 1958, influenced by "Sputnik" and the ambitions of Americans to go the moon--"the upward look to space," Donald H. Colflesh designed "Circa '70" for Gorham. Colflesh, who was from Cleveland and a graduate of Pratt Institute, was strongly influenced by his teacher, studio silversmith Frederick A. Miller.