A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CUT-GLASS WATER PITCHER FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1893

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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CUT-GLASS WATER PITCHER FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1893
Globular, the body diamond-cut with hexagonal panels enclosing starcuts and flower heads, with applied silver rope-twist mid-band, the silver neck mount with a frieze of bacchic figures among grapevines, with Pan mask spout and scalework, bellflower and acanthus leaf handle, marked on neck, also marked S0167
11¼ in. high

Lot Essay

According to Gorham scholar Sam Hough, this water pitcher was completed on January 18, 1893. Made for the Columbian Exposition, the silver mounts were fashioned from 32 oz. of silver, and the handle required 5½ hours to cast. The remaining silver required 50 hours to fashion and 160 hours of chasing. The total cost of the pitcher, including $35 for the glass, was $240.

See lots 34 and 39 for other Gorham silver exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in 1893.

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