Punch Bowl
Dateca. 1898
Maker
Gorham Manufacturing Co.
American
Designer
William Christmas Codman
Label TextA punch bowl of the 19th century, this work is known as Martelé, a French word for hand-hammered, which was the name given to the line of one-of-a-kind silver unveiled by Gorham in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1897. Works in this line were exhibited at the Exposition Universelle Internationale in Paris in 1900, where art nouveau was introduced to the world.
Object number2014.24.22
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineGift of Ruth J. Nutt
DimensionsApprox. height: 6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm)
MediumSilver
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