AN AMERICAN MARTELE SILVER TRAY
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1907, WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS FOR BIRMINGHAM, 1908
Shaped oblong, the lobed border chased with trailing foliage, with two scroll handles, engraved with initials, later engraved underneath with an inscription, marked underneath, the rim with English import marks and later Dutch tax mark
31 5/8 in. (80.5 cm.) wide
184 oz. 10 dwt. (5,740 gr.)
The inscription reads 'From the Directors of the Hollandsch-Amerikaansche Plantage Maatschappij' which translates as 'Dutch American Plantation Company'.
AN AMERICAN MARTELE SILVER TRAY
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1907, WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS FOR BIRMINGHAM, 1908
Shaped oblong, the lobed border chased with trailing foliage, with two scroll handles, engraved with initials, later engraved underneath with an inscription, marked underneath, the rim with English import marks and later Dutch tax mark
31 5/8 in. (80.5 cm.) wide
184 oz. 10 dwt. (5,740 gr.)
The inscription reads 'From the Directors of the Hollandsch-Amerikaansche Plantage Maatschappij' which translates as 'Dutch American Plantation Company'.
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