New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Compote

Manufacturer Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1831)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1865

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (32.1 x 31.4 cm)

InscribedMarked on bottom: lion, anchor & "G & tco".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.505

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DescriptionRound base raised on four square feet. Base has raised and engraved designs. Nude figure of a woman supporting a round tapered shaft which the round bowl rests on. Figure has swirling drapery around it.

Exhibition HistoryTREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Published ReferencesDavid Revere McFadden and Mark A. Clark, TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, (Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1989). Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., GORHAM SILVER 1831-1981, (Dodd, Mead & Co.: New York, 1982), p. 54, fig. 42.