Details
A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY LOVING CUP
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1883
In the Japanese taste; of cylindrical form, with scalloped silver rim at base, the sides applied with a bird, palm fronds, a spider, a dragon and a later shield, the handles with silver joins, one also applied with a bug, with glass bottom, marked, P/7--5 5/8in. high
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1883
In the Japanese taste; of cylindrical form, with scalloped silver rim at base, the sides applied with a bird, palm fronds, a spider, a dragon and a later shield, the handles with silver joins, one also applied with a bug, with glass bottom, marked, P/7--5 5/8in. high
Literature
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, color plate II and figs. 87, 89, p. 98
Exhibited
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,"Gorham: Masterpieces in Metal," October 14, 1983-February 12, 1984