A PAIR OF SILVER-GILT AND CRANBERRY CUT-GLASS DESSERT STANDS MADE FOR THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1893

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A PAIR OF SILVER-GILT AND CRANBERRY CUT-GLASS DESSERT STANDS MADE FOR THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1893
Each set on four scroll feet with acanthus, surmounted by displayed wyverns, the apron with rosettes and scrolls and a stiff-leaf border, rising to four tapering fluted columns with applied shells, surmounted by a circular two-part collar with scrolls supporting pendant laurel wreaths, the collar supporting a cranberry cut-glass circular bowl, each marked under base
9¾ in. diameter, 8 in. high; 93 oz. 10 dwt. (2)

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Lot Essay

According to Sam Hough, these dessert stands appear in Gorham's Specials costing ledgers, which listed all of Gorham's important productions between 1889 and 1907. These dessert stands were made for display at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The service consisted of two pairs of dessert stands and an epergne. Each dessert stand had a factory price of $300 and required 286 hours of labor.

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