Object Number 1983.0108.002

Object Name

Coffee pot

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth McC. Knowles

Creator (Role)

Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)
The Gorham Manufacturing Corporation had several different names during its history.

William Christmas Codman (Designer)
1839-1921

Place of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Date

1903-1903

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; ;

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

11.142 (H) , 7.323 (L) , 5.276 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

28.3 (H) , 18.6 (L) , 13.4 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 109-110, no. 69
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Example marks, brief background information, sources, p. 199
[Book] Rainwater, Dorothy T. & Redfield, Judy. 1998 Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers. 418 p.
• Biographical information on the corporation, pp. 127-131
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on John Gorham, p. 230