Image

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for Celtic Chalice No. 4344, 1930

Description

Maker

Title

Design for Celtic Chalice No. 4344

Year

1930

Medium

Ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"CHALICE - 4344 / CELTIC DESIGN / HEIGHT - 9"" in ink to right of stem."CMTA [?] 6/4/30" in ink in lower right corner. In ink: "SPUN" with arrow pointing to cup, "CAB, GARNET" with arrow pointing to stone on cup, "CHASED" with arrows pointing to decoration on stem and cup's base, "ENAMELED" with arrow pointing to stones on stem's knob, "CHASED" with arrow pointing to decoration on lower stem, "SPUN & CHASED" with arrow pointing to right of cup's base, "AMETHYST" with arrow pointing to stone on knob's plan, "CHASED" with arrow pointing to decoration on base, "SPUN" with arrow pointing to slope of base, "CHASED" with arrow pointing to tracery decoration on plan view of base, "ENAMEL CENTER" with arrow pointing to cross ornament on plan view of base, also "GREEN JEWEL" and "CHASED", "FRONT" with arrow pointing to lower right corner of base's plan view. In pencil: "6 1/2" on cup, "4 in" to right of cup, "2 3/4" to right of stem, "3 in" above and below knob on stem, "6 in" to right of stem, "6 in" to right of base. "EST.# 31930" to right of base. In pencil in upper right corner "Return to / Dept. 1-2"."91" and "92" in pencil in lower right corner.

Type

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.86

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Design for Celtic Chalice No. 4344 with the accession number of 2005.118.86. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.