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An AMERICAN SILVER salad bowl and large coffee pot, Martelé, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1902/1905
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- marked on bases, the bowl coded DVF, the coffee pot H/WW
- silver bowl and teapot
- length 10 7/8 in.
- 27cm
the oblong bowl with everted rim chased with flowers and leaves, the sides with scrolled flutes terminating in embossed block supports, center engraved with monogram GH?, the coffee pot of baluster form, chased with chrysanthemums and engraved on base with matching monogram
Literature
Larry Pristo, Martelé 950-1000 Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, pp. 295, 343.
Catalogue Note
The salad bowl DVF was completed on October 17, 1902, made by Henry J. Barker and chased by James G. Seton, with a total manufacturer price of $112.00. The coffee pot H/WW was completed December 14, 1905, made by Alexander MacBeth and chased by Henry Brooks, with a total manufacturer price of $166.00 (See Pristo: 2002, pp. 295, 343).