AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL VASE

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1938, THE ENAMEL CHARLES THOMAE & SONS, ATTLEBORO

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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL VASE
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1938, THE ENAMEL CHARLES THOMAE & SONS, ATTLEBORO
Oval, with a circular upper and lower band applied with blue enamel acanthus foliage, the body with four oval acanthus medallions, marked under base, also marked A41638 and H/FX
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high; 25 oz. 10 dwt. (801 gr.) gross weight

Lot Essay

According to Gorham scholar Sam Hough, this vase is the fifth in a series of unusual enamel designs registered by Gorham in the 1930s. All five vase designs feature "etch and lacquer" supplied by the firm of Charles Thomae & Son Company. Thomae had worked as a chaser at Gorham before founding his own firm in the 1920s.

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