Vase

Manufacturer Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island (founded 1831)

Date1879

MediumSilver, copper, and brass

DimensionsOverall: 11 × 3 3/4 inches (27.94 × 9.53 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through exchange of the gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Burnap, Mrs. E. A. Grosvenor Blair, Hilliard Hughes, Nettie Yanoff Brudner, Miss M. H. Bogie, and Mrs. John B. Stover; the bequests of Mary B. B. Crouch and Christine Hall Hough; and other Trust properties

Object number92-17

MarkingsImpressed on underside of base: Gorham company marks (lion, anchor, and script G), date letter L, and pattern number B66.

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionSquare vase with square reeded foot and flaring cylindrical neck. "Pebbled" surface of silver inlaid with copper and brass. Sides variously mounted with brass lizard, copper bird, two circular copper medallions, and a copper Japanese warrior.

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