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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Celery Vase

Description

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present), manufacturer

Title

Celery Vase

Year

ca. 1865-before 1868

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver

Geography

Place Made: Providence; Place Made: Rhode Island

Dimensions

20 x 16.7 x 13.5 cm (7 7/8 x 6 9/16 x 5 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Scratched on underside of foot: 17/17, (symbols) and 21595

Marks: On underside bottom of body: Gorham marks (from left to right) lion, rampant in octagonal facing right, anchor in a shield, gothic G in an octagon with the numbers 6 and 0 struck separately below

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Morris, Jr.
Gift of Alfred T. Morris, Jr.

Object Number

1996.112.1

Type

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Tombstone

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present), manufacturer
Celery Vase, ca. 1865-before 1868
silver
20 x 16.7 x 13.5 cm (7 7/8 x 6 9/16 x 5 5/16 inches)
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Morris, Jr. Gift of Alfred T. Morris, Jr. 1996.112.1

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