Twelve-piece place setting of custom-made flatware

Manufacturer Gorham Manufacturing Company

Designer George Washington Maher (American, 1864 - 1926)

Retailer Spaulding and Company

Date1912

Geographic OriginProvidence, Rhode Island | United States of America

MediumSilver

Credit LinePurchase 2001 Estate of Seymour Schwartz and Membership Endowment Fund

Object number2001.73.1.1-12

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Object NameFlatware

Title Details

Label Caption Title Twelve-piece place setting of custom-made flatware

InscriptionsMonogram: EKG (for Ernest and Grace King); K larger at center, E interlocks with it, G rests within upper and lower angled lines of K.Marks and Labels/StampsOn back of handle: SPAULDING & CO. CHIGACO [then] Martele (Gothic style letters, acute accent on last letter] [then] spread-winged incuse eagle over three incuse pseudo hallmarks, a crouching lion in an octagon, next to a shield with an anchor, next to a gothic G in an octagon. [then] incuse number 9584 preceded by a small pellet.ProvenanceMade in 1912 for Rockledge, Ernest and Grace King house, Homer, MN, designed by George Washington MaherExhibition History"Style and Status in Sterling: American Silver", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 2017 - March 14, 2020)
"Style, Status and Sterling: The Triumph of American Silver," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (2005) 1-12 exhibited

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