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MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1907
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A SIX-PIECE MARTELÉ SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY**
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, circa 1907
Comprising kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each oval bombé form on a lobed foot, the hammered body chased with trailing sprays of bellflowers amid panelled reserves, with ivory insulators, the hinged domed cover surmounted by a bud finial, the oval tray with two bracket handles and everted rim with similar decoration, marked under bases, with date code LRO-LRP, the tray LQT, the burner by Gorham, 1918
The kettle on stand 11½in. high, the tray 30½in. long over handle; gross weight 345oz. (7)
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, circa 1907
Comprising kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each oval bombé form on a lobed foot, the hammered body chased with trailing sprays of bellflowers amid panelled reserves, with ivory insulators, the hinged domed cover surmounted by a bud finial, the oval tray with two bracket handles and everted rim with similar decoration, marked under bases, with date code LRO-LRP, the tray LQT, the burner by Gorham, 1918
The kettle on stand 11½in. high, the tray 30½in. long over handle; gross weight 345oz. (7)
Provenance
Property from a Connecticut Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York, January 1993, lot 29
Exhibited
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Special notice
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