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

Details

1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER VASE
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1899, MARTELE
Of square baluster form with elongated neck and undulating everted rim, the shaped square domed foot chased with crossed sprays of leaves, the lobed lower body with full-blown flowers and the neck chased with climbing flowers with whiplash stems, underside engraved with script monogram NBC, marked on underside and coded 1836
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high
72 oz. 2 dwt. (2,242 gr.)

Literature

Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 189.

Exhibited

Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Lot Essay

Gorham's Martele archives, as reproduced by Larry Pristo in Martele 950-1000 Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 189, records that Vase 1836 was one of two vases exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. A similar smaller vase, 1837, featured gilding and slightly differing decoration. Vase 1836 was completed on 23 December 1899 with a price of $300. It was raised in 35 hours and chased for 180 hours by William Gray.

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

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