AN AMERICAN SILVER VEGETABLE TUREEN AND COVER

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1900, MARTELE

Details

AN AMERICAN SILVER VEGETABLE TUREEN AND COVER
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1900, MARTELE
Oval with everted undulating rim and upswung loop handles, the sides and shaped oval foot chased with irises and whiplash foliage, conforming cover with openwork star and bud finial, marked on underside and coded 4717
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) long, over handles
51 oz. 4 dwt. (1,593 gr.)

Provenance

With S.J. Shrubsole, New York.

Literature

Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 219.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Lot Essay

Vegetable Tureen 4717 was completed on 3 December 1900, with a price of $220 and was the only vegetable tureen in an extensive dinner service comprising thirty pieces (4715-4744). The tureen was raised in 55 hours and chased for 105 hours by William Grey. Grey was also recorded as the chaser of the only soup tureen in the service (see Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 219).

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