Lot Essay
A related set of twelve butter dishes in the Wagstaff collection was sold in these Rooms, January 20, 1989, lot 128.
Details
A SET OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER PEPPER CASTERS, SALTS AND BUTTER DISHES
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1880
In the Japanese taste, the matte surface engraved with bamboo shoots, water leaves and bands of laurel, each marked, 1530--height of casters 3 1/4in.
(gross weight 3oz.10dwt.) (6)
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1880
In the Japanese taste, the matte surface engraved with bamboo shoots, water leaves and bands of laurel, each marked, 1530--height of casters 3 1/4in.
(gross weight 3oz.10dwt.) (6)
Literature
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, fig. 102, p. 106