AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TWO-HANDLED TRAY

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1917, MARTELE

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AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1917, MARTELE
Oval with undulating sides and rims, tea set chased with sprays of chrysanthemums, the tray with violets, all with chased script monogram JR, comprising: a kettle on lampstand, a teapot, a coffee pot, a creamer, a two-handled covered sugar bowl, a waste bowl and a two-handled oval tray, marked on undersides and coded R/ZZ, kettle LPQ, tray LQY
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) long, over handles (the tray); 11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high (the kettle on lampstand)
362 oz. (11,258 gr.) gross weight

Provenance

Christie’s, New York, 6 October 1983, lot 379 (cover lot).

Literature

Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 FINE Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, pp. 378-79, 423-24.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Lot Essay

Tea and Coffee Service RZZ was completed on 22 November 1917, after a model also coded RZZ, originally introduced in 1909. The tea set was raised in 315 hours and chased for an additional 244 hours. Gorham's Martele archives indicate that Kettle LPQ was made to match Service RZZ. The kettle was competed on 20 November 1917. It was raised by Nels N. Ha(a)rklou in 136 3/4 hours and chased for 80 1/2 hours. Tray LQY was finished on 21 May 1918. It was raised by Alexander McBeth in 76 1/4 hour and chased for an additional 148 hours. Upon completion the price of the tea and coffee service was $1,330, with an additional $581 for the tray (see Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 FINE Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, pp. 378-79, 423-24).

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