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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Pattern 850 Tea and Coffee Service

Description

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)

Title

Pattern 850 Tea and Coffee Service

Year

1871

Medium

  • Silver with gilding and ivory

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silver with gilding and ivory

Materials

silver, gilding

Geography

Place Made: Providence; Place Made: Rhode Island

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Engraved in fronts: "M.A.L. [Mary Ann Lippitt] December 16th / 1870"

Marks: [obliterated mark] STERLING / D [1871 date mark] / Lion/anchor/G [trademark] / 850 [pattern #] A - to one side

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Mary Ann Lippitt

Object Number

2001.74

Type

  • Metalwork

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Books

Gorham Silver Designing Brilliance 1850-1970

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Gorham Silver
Designing Brilliance 1850-1970
May 03, 2019 – Dec 01, 2019

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Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Pattern 850 Tea and Coffee Service, 1871
Silver with gilding and ivory
Gift of Miss Mary Ann Lippitt 2001.74

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