AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF MARTELÉ SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1905

细节

AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF MARTELÉ SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, 1905
Each on shaped square lobed base raised on four feet and densely chased with irises, the stem formed as massed iris leaves supporting four leafy branches and a central stem, each surmounted by a floral-form waxpan, socket and removable nozzle, one side of base etched with a fleur-de-lys, marked under bases and on nozzles, with date code H over RB
177/8in. high; 230oz. (2)

来源

Christie's, New York, January 18, 1997, lot 20

展览

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

拍品专文

According to the costing book records in the Gorham archives, these candelabra were completed on October 24, 1905. Records for one of the pair note 194 hours for manufacturing and an additional 154 hours for chasing. Walter Sanders, who worked in Gorham's Montreal factory and joined the Providence factory earlier in 1905, was responsible for the chasing. The net factory price for the pair was $900.