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PMNS-015 Gilted Catfishs
 

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IMSA #: PMNS-015

Estimated Date: 1895

Country of Origin: USA

Manufacturer: Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI

Catalog No.: 415

Material: Sterling and Gilted Sterling

Markings: Bezel marked "Sterling", "415" and Gorham maker's mark

Patent/Design No.: No

Patent/Design Date: No

Size (Inches): 2.44 x 1.66

Reverse: Blank with "sea lines".

Description and Comments: Gilded catfish motif. Unusual swirl striker on bottom.

Submitted By: From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Carol B. and Stephen W. Brener.
 



 
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