AN AMERICAN SILVER SALAD SPOON. Gorham Manufacturing Co., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1871. Marks: (lion-anchor-G), ST...

Description

AN AMERICAN SILVER SALAD SPOON
Gorham Manufacturing Co., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1871
Marks: (lion-anchor-G), STERLING
9-3/8 inches long (23.8 cm)
2.82 troy ounces

PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Dr. William P. Hood, Jr.

LITERATURE:
W.P. Hood, Jr., J.R. Olson, and C.S. Curb, "Gorham's Japanese Flatware Pattern," The Magazine Antiques, September 2007, pp. 104-111, fig. 4.

In the Japanese pattern, the terminal with a chrysanthemum flower above a bird in flight holding a flowering sprig in its beak (motif 5), the bowl with engraved stylized textile and floral decoration, monogrammed to the reverse of the terminal M.

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