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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Hot Water Urn, 1927

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-, American

Title

Design for a Hot Water Urn

Year

1927

Medium

Pencil and ink on tracing paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • tracing paper,
  • graphite

Dimensions

48.9 x 33 cm (19 5/16 x 13 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"DEC. 28th/27. / URN" in pencil in upper left corner. "KNURL BORDER SAME / AS ON CLARIDGE PITCHER" in pencil to right of urn's shoulder. "2 HANDLES / CAST 27741" in pencil to right of handle. "WOOD" on spigot handle. "KNURLED" with arrow pointing to connection on spigot. "CAST 27787" with arrow pointing to spigot spout. "PIERCED" with arrow pointing to openings in upper legs. "4 feet cast 27736 / BACKS 2 1/2 X 4 1/4" GA.045" in pencil, but crossed out with "Legs as on 0797 Chaf. Dish / Die #16973" in pencil script below, all to right of leg assembly. "USE REGULAR LAMP / Lamp as on Claridge Kettle [?]" in pencil below legs of urn. "CAST 27786" with arrow pointing to small plan view of burner stand. "#1528" in ink below center of drawing.

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.408

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 a Hot Water Urn with the accession number of 2005.118.45.408. 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.

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