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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Dish

Description

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Webster Company (American, 1869-1950), associated artist/maker

Title

Design for a Dish

Year

1917

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

graphite, paper (fiber product), tracing paper, coloring

Dimensions

37.5 x 23.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil across top of page, "MAY 25th 1917 / 6" DISH / WT / 2oz15[dwt?]" and in script "Made by Webster Co. / North Attleboro Mass." On plan view "ENGRAVED" "PIERCED" and "EMBOSSED" with arrow pointing to parts of rim. "IN FOUR DIVISIONS" at center of plan view. To upper right is a key to colored pencils, blue line marked "EMBOSSED" and orange line marked "PIERCED". To left of profile view "GA.016".

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.1819

Type

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Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Webster Company (American, 1869-1950), associated artist/maker
Design for a Dish, 1917
Pencil and colored pencil on tracing paper mounted to paper
37.5 x 23.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches)
Gift of Lenox, Incorporated 2005.118.45.1819

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