Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export and Prints
Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export and Prints
Property from the Descendants of Ulysses S. Grant
American silver and mixed-metal pitcher and stand, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1880
Lot Closed
January 24, 09:06 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Descendants of Ulysses S. Grant
American silver and mixed-metal pitcher and stand
Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI
1880
in Japanese style with spot-hammered surface, the square pitcher embossed and chased with a panel on each side depicting female figures representing the four seasons, gilt interior, the branch-form handle spreading to leafy branches with copper berries, the conforming stand on bracket feet cast with prunus and applied with copper and brass plants, the largest branch supporting three birds
marked on bases and both with date code M, the pitcher numbered B95 and engraved Ex., the stand with retailer stamp for Theodore B. Starr
49 oz 10 dwt gross
1542.5 g
height of pitcher 8 1/4 in.; length of stand 7 in.
21 cm; 17.8 cm
Miriam Grant (1881-1940), New York, to her daughter
Fannie Grant Macy Wallace (1905-1993), to her daughter
Miriam Wallace Sellgren (1937-2021)
Fannie J. Chaffee was the daughter of Colorado Senator Jerome B. Chaffee (1825-1886) and married in 1880 Ulysses S. "Buck" Grant Jr., the second son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
A two-handled cup of this model, also 1880, was in the MASCO collection, sold Sotheby’s, New York, January 20, 1998. Sam Hough identified that piece as taking 132 hours to make, with a net factory price of $213.