Lot Essay
A spoon similar to the first is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art and illustrated in Charles L. Venable Silver in America, 1994, figure 6.61, page 190.
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MARKED GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE
Details
TWO AMERICAN SILVER OLIVE SPOONS
Marked Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence
The bowls formed as shells, the first handle encrusted with sealife and barnacles, the second wrapped in sea weed and applied with a crab.
The first spoon 5¼in. (13.5cm.) long. (2)
Marked Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence
The bowls formed as shells, the first handle encrusted with sealife and barnacles, the second wrapped in sea weed and applied with a crab.
The first spoon 5¼in. (13.5cm.) long. (2)
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.