AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER AND MATCHING PLATE
AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER AND MATCHING PLATE

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1922, MARTELE

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AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER AND MATCHING PLATE
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1922, MARTELE
Both shaped circular and chased with lobes, marked on undersides, porringer coded WLI, plate WLG
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diameter, the plate
15 oz. (466 gr.)
Literature
Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 FINE Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 439.

Lot Essay

Porringer WLI and Plate WLG were both completed on 30 December 1922 and were part of a larger eighteen-piece child's set. The porringer was raised by Wendell G. Arnold in 12 hours and chased for 8 3/4 hours. The plate was raised by Edward Zior Jr. in 9 hours and chased for 8 1/2 hours (see Larry Pristo, Martele 950-1000 FINE Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 439).

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