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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 07-05-2008 03:17 PM
  
As a contination of my Basket Weave Designs post, here are some other random examples of trompe l'oeil silver. c1885 Gorham "fabric" tea strainer. c1885 Gorham "fabric" olive dish. A related piece is pictured in Carpenter's Gorham book. It is some kind of biscuit box (I think) with intentional dents. Evidently my copy of that book got lost during one of my moves, so I can't reference the exact page or piece. This style, especially the intentionally damaged pieces, seemingly was not very popular. Most of what I have seen is Gorham. I bet some were probably even melt down because people thought they were damaged and not worth savin (in fact the button hook was sold to me as a damaged, as-is piece). Does anybody have others to share? IP: Logged |
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June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 |
posted 07-05-2008 05:34 PM
Hi, Paul. You've posted some great stuff today! The page in Carpenter's Gorham book is 118. It's a cracker jar made in 1880 and Carpenter speculates as you do that the odds are not good that such pieces would survive unscathed either because people would melt it down because they thought it was damaged or try to fix what they perceived as damage. [This message has been edited by June Martin (edited 07-05-2008).] IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 07-07-2008 01:36 AM
Her's a Whiting example employing trompe l'oeil linen fold corners. IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 07-07-2008 02:10 AM
Here is a Gorham sterling and amethyst cigar cutter. It's a sample piece and probably one of a kind. Gorham was doing some strange and bizarre things in the 1880's and this is one of them. What this texture is supposed to be is... Well, I don't know what it's supposed to be. IP: Logged |
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Clive E Taylor Posts: 450 |
posted 07-07-2008 04:14 AM
The Gorham button hook, 1884 is fascinating. My immediate reaction was - Aesthetic Movement piece. Then I reflected on the Japanese infuence which had largely created that movement and I realised that the handle was based on the form of a chopstick - bashii I think the Japanse word. Then it dawned on me that the Japanese often carefully crafted objects for the tea ceremony which were made to look crude and damaged. IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 993 |
posted 07-07-2008 11:52 AM
A modest contribution, but the only "chain" spoon I've run across, marked only STERLING, engraved Feb.3."91 on reverse. ~Cheryl IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 07-07-2008 12:00 PM
Richard, thanks for posting. We can always count on you for great examples. That cigar cutter is stunning. I am jealous. To some degree, its surface resembles ostrich leather. Clive, I would describe it as Aesthetic Movement as well. Finding beauty in damage or imperfection is a definite theme in Japanese design. The Japanese also pioneered clothes with intentional holes and fraying. MoMA used to sell these fabulous Japanese porcelain mugs molded to look as though they were dented. Cheryl, neat spoon! Shiebler produced several objects, such as button hooks, with a very similar chain link design. IP: Logged |
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Clive E Taylor Posts: 450 |
posted 07-07-2008 02:56 PM
I bought a very nice pre-Meiji lacquer dish for the tea ceremony once, very cheaply due to the self evident damage. By a known artist - I loved it. Met a Japanese restorer to repair a major piece of my wife's - showed him the dish. He studied it for some minutes, and asked why I had bought such an broken object. Told him that I considered it beautiful. "You then may, with some more years, begin to understand,why this was made this way. Perhaps". This I believe was a compliment. Perhaps! IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 03-14-2017 11:09 AM
I have that exact tea strainer and a single butter knife in Hamburg. Surprisingly, the Hamburg butter knife has the regular Gorham mark and not the "C" that you typically see. I was pleased to find it. I don't typically see Hamburg with the standard Gorham marks. Has anyone else seen that? Great thread by the way! IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 07-19-2018 10:39 AM
Recent find: Gorham, 1898   IP: Logged |
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June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 |
posted 07-19-2018 05:24 PM
Wow, that's a stunner belt buckle. Thanks for sharing. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 07-19-2018 10:25 PM
That's like an M.C. Escher engraving! IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 07-20-2018 03:27 PM
Thanks! IP: Logged |
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