MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM, 1877, NO. 1131
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AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED COMPOTE
Maker's mark of Gorham, 1877, no. 1131
The deep circular monogrammed bowl with broad die-rolled band of putti mounted seahorses amid serpents, on low domed base with part-ribbed stem, with two leaf-capped upswept handles, with palmetted and bellflower decoration, the interior engraved and engine-turned lotus and geometric vacant roundell, flanked by arabesques--11in. (27.9cm.) high, 27oz.
Maker's mark of Gorham, 1877, no. 1131
The deep circular monogrammed bowl with broad die-rolled band of putti mounted seahorses amid serpents, on low domed base with part-ribbed stem, with two leaf-capped upswept handles, with palmetted and bellflower decoration, the interior engraved and engine-turned lotus and geometric vacant roundell, flanked by arabesques--11in. (27.9cm.) high, 27oz.