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  Gorham Sterling “Exotic” Tea and Coffee Set in Original Presentation Chest 1880

  GORHAM MFG. CO SILVERSMITHS   Providence, RI

  “Exotic” tea and coffee set in original Gorham presentation chest   1880

  Sterling silver 5-piece service with “butler” finish, bright-cut chasing and repoussé surface in the Far Eastern exotic style with elephant trunk spouts and handle forms, tent-like splayed lids, interior gilding, engraved conjoined initials, bone spacers in the original deep teal velvet-covered presentation chest with hot pink silk- satin interior

  Marks:  Gorham marks, STERLING, 1560, “M” (date mark for 1880)
  Lid of case interior stamped in gold:  Gorham Mfg. Co., Sterling Silver, Union Square, NY

  Coffeepot: H: 5 3/4” handle-to-spout: 9 1/4” (length);
  teapot: H: 4”;
  sugar w/ lid: H: 4”;
  waste bowl: H: 2 1/2”;
  cream: H:  2 3/4”;
  chest:  H: 7” x W: 21” x D: 15”

  For related pieces and further information see:  Gorham Silver 1831-1981, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Chapter 6, “Innovation and Fantasy”, p. 94-121 (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1982); In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, Chapter 8,“Metalwork: An Eclectic Aesthetic” by David Hanks, p.253-294 (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Rizzoli, 1987); Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, Charles L. Venable, Chapter 6, “Consumption and Design” p.123-204, (New York: Dallas Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995).

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  Jean Serriere Rare French Art Deco Dinanderie Bowl c. 1925

  Jean Serrrière (1893-1968) France
  A. Hebrard (closed 1937) Paris

  Footed dinanderie bowl, circa 1925

  Hand wrought copper with silver incrustations in a repeating triangular motif and contrasting black patination on a rich brown ground.

  Marks: JS (artists monogram) A. Hebrard, Paris

  For more information see: Art et Décoration Revue Mensuelle D’Art Moderne, Tome XLVII. (Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts) p.217; Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940, (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992) p.68, cat.no. 61; La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique Forest and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1995) p.231-233.

  H: 4″ x Dia: 6″