Glorious America: The Wolf Family Collection

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An American Silver Six-Piece 'Martelé' Tea and Coffee Set with Two-Handled Tray, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island; retailed by Spaulding and Co., Chicago, 1897 / 1902 and circa

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April 20, 09:25 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 USD

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AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE 'MARTELÉ' TEA AND COFFEE SET WITH TWO-HANDLED TRAY, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island; retailed by Spaulding and Co., Chicago, 1897 / 1902 and circa

Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, waste bowl, kettle on lampstand, and tray; the service pieces of oval baluster form, each chased with a different flower, the tray with boldly shaped rim; kettle with sample number 9648 and trident date mark, teapot coded DCO, coffee pot DCN, creamer DCQ, waste bowl DCR, sugar DCP, the tray with eagle Martelé mark but number removed.

kettle 13 in. (33 cm.) high; tray 28 in. (71.1 cm.) long over handles

345 oz. 10 dwt. (10,776 g.)

Christie's New York, June 2, 1990, lot 10
Wolf Family Collection No. 1004 (acquired from the above)

L.J. Pristo, Martelé, Gorham’s Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 259, 290-91

The kettle of this set was made in 1897 as part of a six-piece set. The remaining five pieces were made in 1902 to match the earlier kettle, which was sent to Gorham to serve as a model; the costing slips specify "sterling - Martelé effect." Five different chasers worked on the five pieces, suggesting a rush order but suited to the pattern of differing flowers on each piece; well-known silversmith Clemens Friedell worked on the sugar bowl.