Athenic Vase
Manufacturer
Gorham Manufacturing Company
(American, founded 1831)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1900
MediumSilver | Copper | Enamel
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (39.4 x 15.9 cm)
InscribedMarked on bottom: "Athenic/lion, anchor and G/Sterling/& other metals/illegible number".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.969
Not on view
DescriptionAthenic tall vase swelling out at the center and with a petal shaped mouth. Triangular shaped base. Three applied copper handles are around the center in the form of peacock feathers with green, blue and tan enamels. The body of the vase is laced with peacock feathers enameled in colors.Exhibition HistoryGORHAM SILVER, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Oct. 14, 1983-Feb. 12, 1984. “Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance, 1850-1970," RISD Museum, Providence, RI, May 3, 2019 – December 1, 2019; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, March 13 – July 5, 2020; Published ReferencesDiane Chalmess Johnson, AMERICAN ART NOUVEAU, (Abrams: New York, 1978), p. 101, no. 113. Katharine Morrison McClinton, COLLECTING AMERICAN 19TH CENTURY SILVER, (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1968), p. 104. Takahiko Sano, ART NOUVEAU: NEW YORK, VOL. 5, (Gakken: Tokyo, 1987), color ill. p. 46. Francoise Cachin, ed., L'ART DU XIXE SIECLE: SECONDE MOITIE 1850-1905, (Editions Citadelles: Paris, 1990), ill. (b/w) no. 426, p. 499; cat. No. 426, p. 606. Elizabeth A. Williams, editor, _Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance, 1850-1970_, (Rizzoli Electa and RISD: New York, 2019), cat No. 199, p. 192.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
