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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Covered Dish, 1927

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-, American, manufacturer
  • Erik Magnussen, 1884-1961, Danish, designer

Title

Design for a Covered Dish

Year

1927

Medium

Ink on tracing paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • tracing paper

Dimensions

16.2 x 17.8 cm (6 3/8 x 7 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"F/YX" in pencil in the upper left corner, "EM. 84" in pencil to bottom left of the drawing, "MAY 25 1927" to lower right of drawing. Down the left side of the dish: "8 CHASED LINES 1/32" WIDE" to left of the finial, "16 LINES / 1/32" WIDE" by the lid, "16 LINES / 1/32" WIDE" by the body, "8 LINES 1/32" WIDE" by the ball on the shaft, "16 LINES / 1/32" WIDE" by the base. Down the right side of the dish, "BALL 5/32" / BALL 5/8" / TURN" beside the finial, "3" 025" by the lid, "WIRE 3X4 / WIRE 3X6" by the rims, "3 1/4 025" beside the bowl, "BALL 5/8" beside the shaft's ball, "IVORY / TURN" by the shaft, "1 1/4 028 1/2 / WIRE 4x5" by the base.

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.838

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