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AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER
Lot 439PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MYRNA AND BERNARD POSNER

AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1860

Fermé24 January 2020

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AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1860
Of vase form, the body embossed and chased with sprays of flowers and foliage linked by entrelac bands, the lower body chased with water leaves, shaped rim applied with guilloche band, lobed loop handle topped with rams head and terminating in bi-furcated scrolls, marked on underside
12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high
47 oz. 8 dwt. (1,474 gr.)

Note du spécialiste


The chased floral decoration and rams head is nearly identical to the seven-piece tea and coffee service aquired by Mary Todd Lincoln in 1861, shortly after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln (See Charles H. Carpenter Jr., Gorham Silver 1831-1981, 1982, pp. 54-57).

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