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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Narragansett Salad Spoon

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)

Title

Narragansett Salad Spoon

Year

ca.1885

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver

Geography

Place Made: Providence; Place Made: Rhode Island

Dimensions

29 x 7.2 x 3 cm (11 7/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Sterling

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: Bequest of Ida Littlefield

Object Number

84.060.2

Type

Articles

Tracing the Silver Seaweed

Exhibition History

Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Looking as if they were plucked from the nearby Narragansett Bay, these salad servers are encrusted with shells, sand, crabs, and strands of seaweed tangled with fish. Rhode Island’s waters and marine life so inspired the designers of the Gorham Manufacturing Company that the anchor from the state seal was adopted as part of the Gorham maker’s mark.

The Gorham Collection
Selections from the Gift of Textron Inc.
May 29, 1992 – Aug 29, 1992

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Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Narragansett Salad Spoon, ca.1885
Silver with gilding
29 x 7.2 x 3 cm (11 7/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 3/16 inches)
Museum purchase: Bequest of Ida Littlefield 84.060.2

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