Image

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Smelling salt bottle, 1898

Description

Maker

Title

Smelling salt bottle

Year

1898

Medium

Silver, copper, gilding, amethysts

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Height: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 inches)

Place

Providence; Rhode Island

Type

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

1999.13

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions

February 18 - April 16, 2000

Since receiving the Gorham Collection of more than 1,000 pieces of silver as a gift from Textron Inc. in 1991, the Museum is in a position to present a nearly complete range of the firm's production since its founding in 1831. This small bottle may be unique, a sample of an unusual plating techniqe called "wallpaper amalgam" that was never put into production. It combines irregular patches of copper and two gilding processes on silver. Similar decoration may be found on smaller objects, such as match safes, but is not known on anything this large.

Use

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