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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Portable Communion Service,

Description

Maker

Title

Portable Communion Service

Medium

cork (bark), silver, leather, gilding, glass

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Box closed: 12.1 x 20 x 8.3 cm (4 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Each piece engraved in script: W.L.D.

Marks: Each piece marked on silver: sterling and lion/anchor/gothic G; chalice has year mark for 1898 and code #85; paten year marked 1898, code #85; both bottles have code #1675 and GORHAM, no date mark; wafer box has year mark for 1898 code #785; spoon year marked for 1897, code #785

Label: Carrying case has worn, illegible paper label on bottom and remnants of gold stamped lettering inside cover, illegible

Place

Place Made: Providence; Place Made: Rhode Island

Type

Credit

Gift of Alfred T. Morris, Jr.

Object Number

1996.26

About

Portable Communion Service

Each piece engraved in script: W.L.D.

Marks: Each piece marked on silver: sterling and lion/anchor/gothic G; chalice has year mark for 1898 and code #85; paten year marked 1898, code #85; both bottles have code #1675 and GORHAM, no date mark; wafer box has year mark for 1898 code #785; spoon year marked for 1897, code #785

Label: Carrying case has worn, illegible paper label on bottom and remnants of gold stamped lettering inside cover, illegible

Place Made: Providence; Place Made: Rhode Island

Use

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