Bowl by MARTELE a Division of The Gorham Manufacturing Co.
Retailed by SPAULDING & CO., Chicago
Providence, RI, c.1898
 


price upon request

8 ½” diameter; 2 ¼” tall; 21 ozs. 10 dwts.
A circular bowl of “federseichnung” patterning on 4 feet. This design is also referred to as an abstract marine design. Marked on the base with the Gorham date letter for 1898/the Martele Eagle above the lion passant-anchor-G/950-1000 Fine/7674/SPAULDING & CO./CHICAGO.

See: “Magnificent, Marvelous Martele” by John Webster Keefe & Samuel J. Hough, The New Orleans Museum of Art, 2001; pages 84-85 and 110-111.


 

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