I am a little confused by some of the figures but sometimes that is not hard to do! Are you trying to say that the Gorham Sterling Silver Serving Dish weighs a whopping 36 ounces or am I getting something wrong here? $504 for scrap and the price of Silver was $14 an ounce, so that should mean that if 99.99999999 Pure Silver, the piece should weigh around 36 ounces give or take a few grams.
Frank
When I list silver on eBay I quote the weight in grams and don't bother with ounces. Seems like that's what most people use.