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Property of a Southern Gentleman
A SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1881-1883
Details
A SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1881-1883
In the Egyptian taste, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each of baluster form, the neck with a lotus border alternating panels of daisies, pansies, lily-of-the-valley and roses, the coffee pot and teapot with lotus-leaf spouts, and with ivory fan-form insulators, the domed covers with facetted bud finials, each marked under base, also marked Ex
The coffee pot 9¾ in. high; 76 oz. gross weight (5)
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1881-1883
In the Egyptian taste, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each of baluster form, the neck with a lotus border alternating panels of daisies, pansies, lily-of-the-valley and roses, the coffee pot and teapot with lotus-leaf spouts, and with ivory fan-form insulators, the domed covers with facetted bud finials, each marked under base, also marked Ex
The coffee pot 9¾ in. high; 76 oz. gross weight (5)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 19 June 1996, lot 48
with Beverly Bremer silver Shop, Atlanta, 1996
with Beverly Bremer silver Shop, Atlanta, 1996
Literature
The Sphinx and the Lotus: The Egyptian Movement in American Decorative Arts, 1865-1935, 1990, cat. no. 54.
Exhibited
Exhibited The Hudson River Museum, "The Sphinx and the Lotus," February 4-April 29, 1990
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