An American Silver Water Pitcher, Martelé, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1903
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An American Silver Water Pitcher, Martelé, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1903
of baluster form, repousse and chased in high and low relief with a water scene including a mermaid preening her hair and with long tail surrounded by four fishes and sea weed, the lip with a sunrise, the base embossed with four shells between seaweed, vigorous waved rim, the scroll handle edged with sea weed with fanned top and base, marked on base Martele, eagle, Gorham marks , 950-1000 fine, Spaulding & Co., Chicago and with code P, coded in lobe of foot FND
61 oz
1897 g
height 12 5/8 in.
32.4 cm
Larry Pristo, Martelé 950-1000 Fine Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 309.
According to Gorham's Martelé archives, this pitcher was completed December 11, 1903 and had a net factory price of $240. It took William L. Hughes Jr. 60 hours to make, then another 90 hours of chasing by David Wilmot.
Larry Pristo notes of the single initial P that it is found on Martele pieces between 1903-5, but the significance is not known at the present time, Martele 950-1000 Fine, Gorham’s Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p.160
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