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A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900 image 1
A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900 image 2
A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900 image 3
A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900 image 4
A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900 image 5
A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900 image 6
Property from the Estate of Ann and Pete Jackson, Lots 44-236
Lot 47

A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY
by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900

12 November 2020, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

Sold for US$16,562.50 inc. premium

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A FINE GORHAM ART NOUVEAU MARTELÉ SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE TOGETHER WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY

by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1900
Comprising a kettle on stand, a tea pot, a coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl, a cream jug, a waste bowl and a tray, monogram: FBG; length of tray over handles 30 1/4in; total weighable silver approximately 331oz troy.

Footnotes

Following England's Arts and Crafts movement, Gorham departed from the commercialized, machine-made objects, introducing a new style: Martelé. The limited hand-wrought line was active from 1896 to the 1930s, under the direction of Gorham's chief executive Edward Holbrook and chief designer William Codman.

The pieces were hand crafted in the Art Nouveau style with a hammered finish; the French word martelé meaning 'hammered'. This was possible by using a softer and more pure metal than the sterling standard. Because they were hand crafted, no two piece can be the same.

First shown at a New York exhibition in 1897 and internationally at the 1900 Paris Exposition, the pieces achieved great praise.

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