1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICK
1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICK
1 More
PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION
1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICK

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1899, MARTELE

Details
1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICK
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1899, MARTELE
Of lozenge form chased with elongated oak leaves, one end modeled as a curved stem forming the handle and extending to support the blossom-form sconce, the other end upturned and supporting the hanging extinguisher formed as a bud, marked on underside and numbered 3206
7 1⁄8 in. (18 cm.) long
9 oz. 16 dwt. (304.8 gr.)
Literature
L. Pristo, Martelé Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, Phoenix, 2002, pp. 56, 205.
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 14 April - 12 November 1900.

Brought to you by

Julia Jones
Julia Jones Associate Specialist

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

Lot Essay

Larry Pristo notes in Martelé Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 205, that chamber candlestick 3206 required 29 hours to create and was finished on 6 December 1899. The chasing took another 42 hours and was completed by Henry B. Stehr. Pristo also notes that the net factory price was $76, and that it was exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Recent sales of works from the Martelé line shown by Gorham at the Exposition Universelle in these rooms include a silver-mounted glass claret jug, sold 22 January 2021 lot 241, a pair of silver vases, sold 24 January 2020, lot 386, and a single silver vase, sold 18 January 2019, lot 838.

More from Important Americana

View All
View All