Glorious America: The Wolf Family Collection

Two Matching Pairs of "Martelé" Silver Candlesticks, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1901 / 1906

Auction Closed

April 20, 09:25 PM GMT

Estimate

9,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Two Matching Pairs of "Martelé" Silver Candlesticks, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1901 / 1906

Each baluster form on shaped circular domed base; the base, stem and sconces chased with irises, the drip pan with clover, all stems monogrammed MFL, each marked under base and on nozzles; two bases and two nozzles with pattern number 4737 in an oval for samples, the remainder with pattern KUN.

10¼ in. (26 cm.) high

76 oz (2364g.)

Christie's New York, January 18, 2007, lot 195
Wolf Family Collection No. 1268 (acquired from the above)

L.J. Pristo, Martele: Gorham's Art Nouveau Silver, 2002, p. 103, illustrated

According to the Gorham records, this pattern of candlesticks was made in 1901, as part of an extensive 30-piece dinner service which included a seven-light candelabrum (numbers 4715-4744). illustrated Pristo p. 103. The other pair of candlesticks, code KUN, appear in the archives as the same pattern as 4737 and were produced in 1906.

Another set of four candlesticks dating to 1917 and commissioned for the equally extensive dinner service of Harry Ford Sinclair were sold Christie's New York, June 16, 1999, lot 6.