A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TERRAPIN FORKS

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1880

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A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TERRAPIN FORKS
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1880
the cast seaweed handle with turtle finial and join to gilt shell bowl, the reverse of each engraved Ex. Mansion Pa, each marked on reverse of handle
14 oz. 10 dwt. (452 gr.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 19 January 2012, lot 72.

Lot Essay

A terrapin tureen and cover, dating to 1890, is illustrated in Charles H. Carpenter, Gorham Silver, 1997, p. 105, no. 127. Another 1890 silver-gilt example with a matching platter is currently on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Anonymous Lender, TR11809/2A-C).

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