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Lot 12
Sale 5205 - American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Nov 22, 2008
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$9,000 -
12,000
Price Realized
$12,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Important American sterling silver wine pitcher gorham mfg. co., providence, rhode island, circa 1875
Of cylindrical form, with a cast leaf lyre-form handle, allover repousse decoration in the bacchanalian motif with the mask of Bacchus, wolf heads and leaf to the lip, body decorated with five putti and Pan surrounded with grapevines and bunches of grapes, the underside of body and top of foot decorated with acanthus leaves, lozenge border, bearing the mark of Gorham '5128 Sterling 5 1/2 Pint' under base.
H: 14 1/4 in. 80 oz.