LARGE STERLING CENTER/PUNCH BOWL, GORHAM SILVER CO. CIRCA 1905

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LARGE STERLING CENTER/PUNCH BOWL, GORHAM SILVER CO. CIRCA 1905:
$6500.00

GORHAM STERLING PUNCH BOWL, MADE BY GORHAM SILVER COMPANY CIRCA 1905. AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN THIS BOWL. I DECIDED TO RESEARCH THISSTERLING SILVER PUNCH BOWL.THE LADY I BOUGHT IT FROM BROUGHT IT BACK FROM HER MOTHERS HORSE FARM IN KENTUCKY. IT ISMARKED WITH THE GORHAM MAKERS MARK AND STAMPED WITH THE DATE MARK \"HORSE SHOE\" DATE MARK 1905.MY RESEARCH TURNED UP THE FOLLOWING.
GORHAM SILVER COMPANY ADDED WHAT THEY CALLED AN \"ECCLESIASTICAL DEPARTMENT\" UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SILVER-SMITH WILLIAM J. CODMAN. CIRCA 1880 TO 1910 HE WORKED FOR GORHAM. CODMAN WAS FROM ENGLAND AND WAS DOING WORKS THAT WERE THE MASTERPIECES OF THE CHICAGOS WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. CODMAN HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN FLATWARE THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY AN ART PRODUCTION, GIVING GORHAMS LINE AN ART CREDO AND UNDER HIS DIRECTION, THEIR SHOP SILVER-SMITHS WERE TRAINED IN THE NEW DESIGNE THE MERTELE\' AND ATHENIC LINE WAS FORMED. ALTHOUGH THESE LINES WERE EXPENSIVE AND MADE OF 950/1000 FINE WITH NO TWO PIECES ALIKE. THE SILVERSMITHS WERE TRAINED TO MAKE THESE PIECES AND EXCLUSIVE ITEMS FROM INK SETS AND DESK SETS TO IMPROTANT \"PUNCH BOWLS\". UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CODMAN A LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT GORHAM SILVER COMPANY EVEN MADE SILVER FLATWARE FOR TIFFANY AND COMPANY. IT WAS DURING 1902 TO 1905 THAT CODMAN DIRECTED SOME OF THE MOST ORNATE PATTERNS SIMULAR TO THAT OF THIS PUNCH BOWL. IN THE BOOK\"COLLECTING AMERICAN 19TH CENTURY SILVER\" BY KATHARINE MORRISON MCCLINTON- A MUST READ FOR ANY SILVER COLLECTOR, IT SHOWS AND TALKS ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PUNCH BOWLS THAT WERE COMMISIONED FOR THE NAVY INCLUDING U.S.S. RHODE ISLAND, U.S.S. PROVIDENCE,THE U.S.S. DELAWARE AND MANY OTHERS. THE BOOK ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE COMMISION OF BOWLS FOR THE KENTUCKY HORSE TRACK. ( REMEMBER HOW I STARTED BY TELLING YOU WHERE THE BOWL CAME FROM KENTUCKY). NOW I COULD GO ON FOR PAGES ABOUT THE WORK DONE BY GORHAM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SILVER-SMITH CODMAN, BUT BUY THE BOOK AND I\'LL GET ON TO TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS BOWL, WHICH I HAVE TO WONDER IF IT WASN\'T COMMISSIONED BY CODMAN OR ANOTHER SILVER-SMITH TRAINED UNDER CODMAN.
SO THE BOWL IS 19 3/4\" LONG, 14\" WIDE AND STANDS ALMOST 8\" HIGH. THE BOWL IS APROX 5\" DEEP.
THE MARKINGS. TRADITIONAL 20TH CENTURY GORHAM MARK WITH THE HORSE-SHOE DATE MARK. NOW UNDER SCOPE THE HORSE-SHOE MARK IS DETAILED LIKE A REAL HORSE-SHOE WOULD BE. THE BOWL IS FULL OF DETAILED HAND CRAFTED MARKS, WHICH I TRIED TO PICK UP WITH THE PHOTOS.CONDITION: PERFECT! JUST PERFECT READY TO DISPLAY, NO MONO, MONO REMOVALS, DENTS, REPAIRS, IMPROPER CLEANING...JUST PERFECT!WEIGHT: 94 OZ ON POSTAL SCALE
SHIPPING: IT WILL HAVE EXTRA SHIPPING COST BUILT IN AS THIS WILL BE INSURED. THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND PIECE. IN THE BOOK YOU WILL READ HOW NOT MANY OF THESE PIECES ARE FINDING THEIR WAY OUT TO THE MARKET AGAIN.
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