Lot Essay
This coffee service design is illustrated in Jewel Stern, Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design, 2005, p. 32.
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MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1928
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A SILVER THREE-PIECE COFFEE SERVICE WITH SERVING PLATE, DESIGNED BY ERIK MAGNUSSEN**
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1928
The coffee service comprising a coffee pot, cream jug and covered sugar bowl, each circular on four circular feet, with ebony handles, the coffee pot with hinged cover with ivory finial, the sugar bowl with removable cover with ivory finial, the serving plate circular with conforming decoration, marked under bases
The coffee pot 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high; the plate 11 in. (28 cm.) diameter; 63 oz. (1,965 gr.) gross weight (4)
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1928
The coffee service comprising a coffee pot, cream jug and covered sugar bowl, each circular on four circular feet, with ebony handles, the coffee pot with hinged cover with ivory finial, the sugar bowl with removable cover with ivory finial, the serving plate circular with conforming decoration, marked under bases
The coffee pot 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high; the plate 11 in. (28 cm.) diameter; 63 oz. (1,965 gr.) gross weight (4)
Special notice
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