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

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.