Image

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for an Advertisement,

Description

Maker

Title

Design for an Advertisement

Medium

coloring, graphite, paper (fiber product)

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

53.3 x 37.5 cm (21 x 14 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil at center right of drawing, "No Investment in the world / compares with "Family Silver". / No moths, no rust, intrinsically / never less valuable, yet sentimen / -tally increasing in value a hun- / dred fold with each generation." with "GORHAM / SILVERSMITHS / 246 FIFTH AVENUES" below. In pencil in lower left corner, "J". In upper left corner, "20705".

Type

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.1760

About

Design for an Advertisement

In pencil at center right of drawing, "No Investment in the world / compares with "Family Silver". / No moths, no rust, intrinsically / never less valuable, yet sentimen / -tally increasing in value a hun- / dred fold with each generation." with "GORHAM / SILVERSMITHS / 246 FIFTH AVENUES" below. In pencil in lower left corner, "J". In upper left corner, "20705".

Use

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