MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1880

Details

A SILVER AND GILT-METAL DESSERT SERVICE
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1880
comprising: twelve dessert forks and twelve dessert knives, imitating Japanese kodzuka, cast and chased with exotic figures, foliage and birds, bright-cut and engraved with flowers, foliage and Japanese-style monogram JMH, within original fitted covered velvet box lined in silk, each marked on tines and blades
the dessert knives 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) long, the forks 6 ¾ in. (17.15 cm.) long

Provenance

Sold, Christie's, New York, 16-17 January 2003, lot 78.

Lot Essay

A similar service, also in original case, sold in these rooms, 21 January 1994, lot 79.

The handles of this service are modeled on Japanese ko-gatama knives. Ko-gatama knives have removable handles or kodzuka, delicately worked in mixed metals with scenes of nature or mythology (see Carpenter, Gorham Silver, rev. ed. 1997, pp. 83-84).

More from Important American Furniture, Silver, Maritime, Folk and Outsider Art

View All