MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1904-1907

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A MARTELE SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY**
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1904-1907
Comprising a black coffee pot, teapot, cream jug and open sugar bowl; each of baluster form, on four leaf pad feet, the lower body chased with lily-of-the-valley, the neck with a border of daisies, the cover chased with water lilies and a pierced baluster leaf finial, the teapot with ivory insulators and leaf-clad double scroll handle, each with two cartouches, one side chased with monogram MFL, the other 1906, the shaped oval tray chased with a border of lily-of-the-valley and daisies, the field engraved MFL, the reverse engraved 1906, each marked under base, the teapot with code MNZ, the coffee pot, cream jug and sugar bowl with code G/UZ, the tray with code G/VA
The coffee pot 11 in. high, the tray 14 in. long; 101 oz. gross weight (5)

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Please note the teapot is engraved 1907. The remaining pieces are engraved 1906.

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Lot Essay

This coffee service dates to 1904 and the teapot was produced in 1907, using the cream jug as a guide. The service required 167 hours to fashion and an additional 222 hours to chase. The total net factory cost was $474. (See: Larry Pristo, Martele: Gorham's Art Nouveau Silver, 2002, pp. 315, 389).

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