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Yerkes vase

1893

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Silver Division (American)

2021.10

On display in H205.c2

gildingsilver

Artwork Details

ManufacturerCreation Date
1893
Creation Location
United States
Materials
silver and gilding (sterling silver with a gold-gilt interior)
Object Types
decorative arts, tableware, containers, vases
Dimensions

8 x 13 x 8 in.

Mark Description

Inscribed, at underside: World's Colombian Exposition 1893 | Mary Adelaide Yerkes [in script] Stamped hallmarks, at underside: [Gorham marks - Lion, Anchor, G] | OO [conjoined globes for the year 1893] | 4940 [in an oval denoting this piece was a sample] | STERLING

Accession Number
2021.10
Credit Line

Gift of Donald and Lois Norris

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

Decorative Arts

Mary Adelaide Yerkes, Chicago, Illiinois, and New York, New York, 1893-1912; sold at "Estate of the Late Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes, Principally Objects retained From The Famous Collection Formed by the Late Charles T. Yerkes" at the American Art Galleries, New York, New York, on 19-21 February 1912 (lot 153); unknown provenance from 1912; purchased by Donald Norris, Indianapolis, Indiana, before 2012; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 2020.



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