Gorham Manufacturing Company
Ladle

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ladle
Datec. 1865–1875
Made inProvidence, Rhode Island, United States
MediumSilver and silver gilding
Dimensions8 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (20.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry
Object numberB.96.26
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

This handsome ladle makes an illuminating contrast with the previous example (B.93.2). While the components are similar in appearance, they are not identical. The treatment of the ladle reveals how a manufacturer could variously interpret and integrate contemporary motifs, most notably on this example in the sphinx terminal, which relates it to Gorham’s other Egyptian-inspired designs (see B.93.13, B.96.11).

Technical notes: The bowl is gilded. 

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceJames A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on back of bowl: EL
Marked incuse: standard Gorham marks of a lion, an anchor, and an old English G [similar to B.97.7.1–.4]

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