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

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Americas

1900

Gorham Manufacturing Company
American, founded 1831
Providence, Rhode Island

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Gorham Manufacturing Company
Title: Water Pitcher (part of set with 1973.769a-g)
Place: Providence (Object made in)
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
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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 of Charles Henry Aldrich (1850-1929); given to his wife, Helen Urania Roberts Aldrich (1853-1921) , on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary (m. October 13, 1875); to their daughter, Helen Aldrich (Mrs Thaddeus Dwight) Hare (1886-1981), Chicago, IL, by 1973; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.

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