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Gorham Manufacturing Company introduced model no. 690, which included this creamer, as a five piece coffee and tea service in 1868, but augmented it in 1873 to include an urn and a tea kettle on lampstand, as seen in archival photographs. The service is executed in the Egyptian Revival taste, which reached the height of its popularity between 1865 and 1875. Winged sphinxes function as feet and and finials, while enigmatic masks appear on the handles and shoulders of the vessels. Engraved borders of lotuses, which seem to burst into bloom on the silver surface as if floating on the Nile River, complete the composition.
Adapted from
- Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
- DMA unpublished material.
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I removed the silver grade ("Sterling") from the Medium field in TMS and noted removal in a TMS Text Entry.
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[The tea kettle on lampstand and urn added to the model in 1873 appear in this archival photograph of model no. 690. It lacks the engraved decoration featured on the Dallas Museum of Art's five piece example. Source: Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File.]
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General Description
Gorham Manufacturing Company introduced model no. 690, which included this creamer, as a five piece coffee and tea service in 1868, but augmented it in 1873 to include an urn and a tea kettle on lampstand, as seen in archival photographs. The service is executed in the Egyptian Revival taste, which reached the height of its popularity between 1865 and 1875. Winged sphinxes function as feet and and finials, while enigmatic masks appear on the handles and shoulders of the vessels. Engraved borders of lotuses, which seem to burst into bloom on the silver surface as if floating on the Nile River, complete the composition.
Adapted from
- Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
- DMA unpublished material.
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I removed the silver grade ("Sterling") from the Medium field in TMS and noted removal in a TMS Text Entry.
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
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Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
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Until 1988: Kathy Tobler, Granbury, Texas
From 1988: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above
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