The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 20, 2021

Ladle

c. 1905

made by

Gorham Manufacturing Company

(American, founded 1831)

America, New York, 20th century

Silver

Overall: 31.8 x 10.4 cm (12 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)

Gift of Elizabeth R. Carson in memory of her mother, Amy Federman Rice 1983.162

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

engraved "AFR" on back of handle end.

Gorham Manufacturing Company

one of the largest firms of silversmiths in the USA, founded in 1818 by Jabez Gorham (1792-1869) in Providence , Rhode Island.
Provenance
Amy Federman Rice, Cleveland; Elizabeth R. Carson, her daughter.
Citations
Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. mentioned & reproduced P 60 library.clevelandart.org
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1983.162