Lot Essay
This bowl is an early example of Gorham's use of mixed metals and spot-hammering in the Japanese taste.
Details
A MIXED-METAL AND SILVER BERRY BOWL
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1879
In the Japanese taste; of circular form with spot-hammered surface, with 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, B47--length over handles 11in.
(gross weight 31oz.10dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1879
In the Japanese taste; of circular form with spot-hammered surface, with 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, B47--length over handles 11in.
(gross weight 31oz.10dwt.)
Literature
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, color plate III
Exhibited
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,"Gorham: Masterpieces in Metal," October 14, 1983-February 12, 1984