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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for Tea Service BSA-BSF, 1914

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-, American, manufacturer
  • Alfred J. Ottestad, 1878 - 1953, Norwegian, metalworker
  • George W. Sauthof, 1852-1927, German, chaser (metalworker)

Title

Design for Tea Service BSA-BSF

Year

1914

Medium

Pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paper (fiber product),
  • graphite

Dimensions

62 x 80 cm (24 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil below sugar bowl, "BSC", below coffeepot "BSA", below kettle "BSF", below waste bowl "BSE", below teapot "BSB", and below creamer "BSD". Various dimensions and manufacturing specifications on drawing in pencil, including "spun + chased" with finials.

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.2249

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 Tea Service BSA-BSF with the accession number of 2005.118.45.2249. 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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