AN UNUSUAL SILVER TEA TRAY

MARKED GORHAM MFG. CO., 1881

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AN UNUSUAL SILVER TEA TRAY
Marked Gorham Mfg. Co., 1881
In the Japanese taste; rectangular, with rounded corners, on four bamboo feet, the gallery formed as a fence of bamboo rails extending into two open bamboo handles, the field engraved with a Japanese harbor scene, with buildings, figures, a boat and birds.
26¾in. (68cm.) over handles; 153oz. (4790gr.)

拍品專文

Gorham designers acquired Japanese wood-blook prints in the late 1860s and began to produce works taking inspiration from their designs. In the continual race to devise new forms and styles of silverware, Gorham silversmiths are acknowledged as having taken an early lead over Tiffany & Co., in being the first to draw inspiration from the works of Japan. Please refer to Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, pp. 95 for examples and a list of Japanese design sources in Gorham's library.