Lot Essay
This bowl is an early example of Gorham's use of mixed metals and spot-hammering in the Japanese taste.
Details
A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL BERRY BOWL
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1879
In the Japanese taste; circular, with spot-hammered surface, the raised bronze loop handles continuing around the foot rim and bound by silver wire, the body applied with water lilies with gold-sheathed buds, with applied die-rolled border around rim, the interior gilt, marked under base
length over handles 10¾in.
(gross weight 31oz. 10dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1879
In the Japanese taste; circular, with spot-hammered surface, the raised bronze loop handles continuing around the foot rim and bound by silver wire, the body applied with water lilies with gold-sheathed buds, with applied die-rolled border around rim, the interior gilt, marked under base
length over handles 10¾in.
(gross weight 31oz. 10dwt.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, The Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. Collection: 19th Century American Silver, January 21, 1994, lot 18
Literature
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, illus. color plate III
Exhibited
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, "Gorham: Masterpieces in Metal," October 14, 1983-February 12, 1984