Live Auction 19907Important Americana
AN AMERICAN SILVER BOWL
Lot 265 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARY M. AND ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, JR.

AN AMERICAN SILVER BOWL

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1906, MARTELÉ

Closed21 January 2022

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AN AMERICAN SILVER BOWL
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1906, MARTELÉ
Shaped circular with whiplash scroll rim and everted border engraved with daffodils, raised on three bun feet, marked on underside and coded L / ME
10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.) diameter
26 oz. 10 dwt. (824 gr.)

Specialist note


According to Larry Pristo in Martelé Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 382, Bowl L / ME was completed on 5 December 1906. It was raised by silversmith Gustav Guldbrandsen in 22 hours and then chased by Paul L. Hansen in 35 hours. Its net factory price at the time of completion was $93.