AN AMERICAN SILVER AND COPPER KETTLE ON LAMP STAND, TEAPOT, AND SMALL BEAKER

AN AMERICAN SILVER AND COPPER KETTLE ON LAMP STAND, TEAPOT, AND SMALL BEAKER
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1881 (1) AND 1902 (2)
The copper bodies spot-hammered,, the kettle and teapot globular and applied with silver wheat sheaves, birds and butterflies, with ebonized wood handles, gadrooned covers and bud finials, the stand on four ball and claw feet, the beaker with ruffled rim and applied with a silver grasshopper near a budding flower and a heron in flight, marked on undersides, the kettle and stand numbered Y85 and with date symbol for 1902, the teapot marked DUR and with date symbol for 1902, the beaker numbered 280 and with date symbol for 1881
10 3⁄8 in. (26.4 cm.) high, over handle, the kettle on lamp stand