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Lot 101
  • 101

An American Silver Four-piece Child's Set, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, retailed by Thomas Kirkpatrick, New York, Martelé, 1899

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • bowl, mug and plate marked on bases and with date symbol for 1899, bowl numbered 8705, mug 8704 and plate 8706, spoon N21-a.  Together with a framed photograph of Thomas Kirkpatrick as an infant with his father John Kirkpatrick and grandfather Thomas Kirkpatrick.

  • Silver
  • diameter of plate 8in.
  • 20.4cm
comprising: Bowl, Mug, Plate and Pap Spoon, each chased with lobes and tulips with scrolling stems, etched with script initials TK, plate etched in center "Thomas Kirkpatrick from his Grandfather 16, November 1902."

Provenance

Thomas Kirkpatrick

Literature

Pristo, Larry, Martelé 950-1000 Fine Gorham's Nouveau Art Nouveau Silver, 2002, p. 46, 78, illus. p. 78, 464.

Condition

minor scratches throughout, overall good condition
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Catalogue Note

In his catalogue of Gorham's Martelé line, Larry Pristo notes that retailer Thomas Kirkpatrick of New York, founded by the recipient of this set's grandfather of the same name, only ordered a few pieces of Martelé for his shop.  In addition to the present lot, this group included a black coffee set, a loving cup and an additional child's mug (Pristo: 2002, p. 46).

This child's set, which was completed on 3 June 1899 (p. 421).