A SILVER-MOUNTED PATINATED COPPER COFFEE POT**
A SILVER-MOUNTED PATINATED COPPER COFFEE POT**

MAKER'S MARK BY GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1881

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A SILVER-MOUNTED PATINATED COPPER COFFEE POT**
Maker's mark by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, 1881
Baluster, the elongated neck with die-rolled floral band, the spout with monogram GS, rising to a silver reeded band at rim surmounted by a hinged ball cover with ball finial, the handle with ivory insulators; marked under base
13in. high

Lot Essay

A similar example sold in these Rooms, June 19, 1996, lot 47 and January 21, 1994, lot 24.

Gorham introduced a line of hand-made copper wares in 1881. The production was relatively small and only lasted until about 1885. A similar vase in a private collection is illustrated in Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, illus. fig. 109, p. 114.