ID 1357910
Lot 17 | A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE AMERICAN SILVER CENTERPIECE PUNCH BOWL
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1903, MARTELE
The circular bowl chased throughout with whiplash scrolls, large leaves, and grape bunches, engraved to one side with monogram ECN, the handles formed as two large bifurcated loops surmounted by fully modeled seated draped maidens with billowing wraps, all raised on a shaped base further chased with leaves and scrolls and mounted with four fully modeled figures emblematic of the Four Seasons supporting the bowl on their backs, marked on underside, number 3018A, and with St. Louis Exposition mark
24 in. (61 cm.) long over handles
361 oz. 8 dwt. (11,240 gr.)
Literature
The Gorham Co. Exhibit 1904, Providence, 1904, p. 23 (illustrated with ladle).
Larry J. Pristo, Martelé: Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 59, 204.
Elizabeth A. Williams, Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance, 1850-1970, Providence, 2019, p. 241 (illustrated in the Gorham booth at the Exposition).
Exhibited
St. Louis, Missouri, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 30 April 1904 - 1 December 1904.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Bowls |
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