Lot 22
22
A FINE TROMPE L'OEIL PARCEL-GILT SILVER FRUIT PLATE

Details
A FINE TROMPE L'OEIL PARCEL-GILT SILVER FRUIT PLATE
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1881

In the Russian taste; of circular form, the field finely chased with basketweave design centering a fringed damask napkin with gilt borders, on circular foot, engraved on base with inscription Clara from F.F.C. June 7th 1881, marked, No. Z312--10in. diameter
together with an English porcelain dish of similar design;
(22oz.) (2)
Provenance
Literature
Exhibited
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,"Gorham: Masterpieces in Metal," October 14, 1983-February 12, 1984

Lot Essay

A virtually identical fruit plate was sold in these Rooms, October 19, 1985, lot 13

The Gorham Company records include a photograph of two virtually identical basketweave plates made in 1880, illustrated in Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, fig. 114, p. 117. This plate bears the same factory number, 312, as the two in the Gorham photograph.