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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for Waste Bowl VON, 1911

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-present, American, manufacturer
  • Alfred J. Ottestad, 1878 - 1953, Norwegian, metalworker
  • William E. Jordan, 1861-1945, American, chaser (metalworker)

Title

Design for Waste Bowl VON

Year

1911

Medium

Pencil and crayon on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • graphite,
  • paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

15.9 x 21.3 cm (6 5/16 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In blue crayon at lower right, "VON". In pencil below drawing, "VON". Various manufacturing specifications and dimensions on drawing in pencil, including "3848" circled.

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.2123

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 Waste Bowl VON with the accession number of 2005.118.45.2123. 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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