Water Pitcher (part of set with 1973.769a-g)

CC0 Public Domain Designation

American Art

1900

Gorham Manufacturing Company
American, founded 1831
Providence, Rhode Island

Currently Off View: American Art

Artist: Gorham Manufacturing Company
Title: Water Pitcher (part of set with 1973.769a-g)
Origin: Providence
Date: Made 1900
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Marked on bottom: "SPAULDING & CO/CHICAGO/MARTELE/950-1000/FINE"; inscribed on bottom: "CHARLES HENRY ALDRICH/HELEN URANIA ROBERTS/1875 OCTOBER THIRTEENTH 1900"
Dimensions: 22.2 × 12.7 cm (8 3/4 × 5 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Thaddeus Dwight Hare, in memory of her parents Mr. Charles Henry Aldrich and Helen Urania Roberts
Reference Number: 1973.770

Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver: 1831–1981, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1982, p. 243 (ill.).

Coral Gables, Florida, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Dec 1975 – Jan 1976.
Glencoe, IL, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1890…No Little Dreams, Jun 21–Oct 28, 1981, no catalogue.

Gift from Charles Henry Aldrich to Helen Urania Roberts Aldrich on the occasion of their 25th Anniversary, 1900; to their daughter, Mrs. Thaddeus Dwight Hare; gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.

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