07-14-200107-14-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2085Boston
July 14, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
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Gorham Aesthetic Movement Tea and Coffee Service

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$12,650$11,000
Auction: Sale #2085 - 2085Location: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Gorham Aesthetic Movement Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, 1880-1881, comprising a teapot, coffee pot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, waste bowl, and kettle on stand, tapered square form, with cast floral finials and branch-form ear handles with shaped ivory heat stoppers, each body with all-over embossed decoration of different flowers, on textured grounds, supported by four peg feet, with inscription to undersides, approx. 184 troy oz., ht. to 12 1/2 in. Provenance: Given by members of the John Nicholas Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island, to George W.R. Matteson, thence by descent to the present owner.
Estimate $15,000-25,000

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Gorham Aesthetic Movement Tea and Coffee Service, George W.R. Matteson, Rhode Island