Product Description
Whiting / Late 19th Century Sterling dish with pomegranate motif c. 1890
WHITING MANUFACTURING CO. No. Attleboro, MA
Footed dish with pomegranate motif c. 1890
Sterling silver with a hand hammered honey comb surface, applied pomegranate and pomegranate blossom motif
Marks: Whiting logo (lion with W in oval (manufacturer’s insignia)), STERLING, 757, C
L: 5″ x D: 4″
In 1840 Albert Tifft and William Whiting started their business in No. Attleboro MA as a jewelry manufacturing company and then in 1866 created the Whiting Mfg. Co. and expanded production into small hollowware as well. The Gorham Company bought Whiting in 1926 and all operations were then moved to Providence, R.I.
Whiting / Late 19th Century Sterling dish with pomegranate motif c. 1890
EDUARD STELLMACHER (designer) Turn-Teplitz, Austria
RIESSNER, STELLMACHER & KESSEL Turn-Teplitz, Austria
AMPHORA ART POTTERY Turn-Teplitz, Austria
Ewer c. 1900
Glazed porcelain
Marks: RStK MADE IN AUSTRIA Turn-Teplitz Bohemia, AMPHORA (in oval), 16, 531
For more information see: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, ( March 1901) pp. 346-349; Sammlung Bröhan: Kunsthandwerk, Glas, Holz, Keramik, Vol. 1 Band II (Berlin: Bröhan Museum, 1976), pp. 284-293.
H: 9″ x W: 7 1/2″ x D: 7″