Artwork Details
8 x 13 x 8 in.
Mark DescriptionInscribed, 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 NumberGift of Donald and Lois Norris
CopyrightMary 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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