拍品专文
According to Larry Pristo in Martele: Gorham’s Art Nouveau Silver, 2002, these ewers were each chased by David Wilmot, Gorham’s master chaser, at a net cost of $300.
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MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1912
细节
AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF MARTELE SILVER FIGURAL EWERS
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1912
Baluster form, on a lobed shaped circular bases and everted shaped spouts, each decorated with fluid leaves and waves, one chased with Poseidon holding his trident and with cast merman-form handle, the other with a mermaid holding a clamshell with pearls and with cast mermaid-form handle, marked under bases, also marked YIU and YKY respectively
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 147 oz. 10 dwt. (4,598 gr.)
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1912
Baluster form, on a lobed shaped circular bases and everted shaped spouts, each decorated with fluid leaves and waves, one chased with Poseidon holding his trident and with cast merman-form handle, the other with a mermaid holding a clamshell with pearls and with cast mermaid-form handle, marked under bases, also marked YIU and YKY respectively
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 147 oz. 10 dwt. (4,598 gr.)