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Sterling Centerpiece
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Providence, Rhode Island
1872
This oriental inspired centerpiece has two identical, cast bee-catcher birds on a Victorian designed mount that is applied to the rim of a shallow round bowl; the rim of the bowl is decorated with a die rolled repeat scene of exotic birds, vegetation, and a pagoda against a mountainous landscape; the bowl sits on a conical pedestal decorated at its base with a die rolled, repeat Chinese "good luck" symbols; all of this sits on Asian furniture inspired legs and are hand repousséd and chased with Asian motifs
Height: 7 1/4 " |
