Fruit Stand

1873

Scroll

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Fruit Stand

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Fruit Stand

1873

Physical Qualities Silver, 20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm)

Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of Margaret Anna Abell; Gift of Blanche Adler; Gift of Mrs. Edwin O. Anderson; Gift of Bertha V. Appold; Gift of Ellen Howard Bayard; Gift of Harrison T. Beacham; Gift of Mrs. Charles T. Berry; Gift of J.B. Randol Carroll; Bequest of Harriett Cohen Coale; Bequest of Jane James Cook; Gift of Mrs. Stuart Wilson Egerton, in Memory of Francis E. Pegram, Jr.; Gift of John M. Glenn; Gift of Mrs. J.H. Mason Knox, Jr., from the Estate of Julia Rogers; Gift of Mrs. Jesse Manion; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Albert R. Miller, Jr.; Gift of Gertrude Rosenthal; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Steiner; Gift of The Aaron and Lillie Strauss Foundation, Inc.; Gift of Judge Irwin Untermyer

Object Number 1995.5

This elaborate stand consists of two tear-drop-shaped addorsed bowls, the tails of which rise up to fanciful scrolls, bedecked with floral festoons; suspended between them is a cherub in a swing. The bowls rest on a long oval stand on six scrolled feet; satan masks at either end of the stand and a dancing cherub in the middle of it are further embelishments.

Inscribed: Stamped on bottom of stand: the three standard Gorham marks: lion passant facing right, anchor, Gothic G/STERLING/946 (design #)/G (date letter for 1874).