A Monumental Gorham Mfg. Co. Silver Two-Handled Covered Trophy Bowl, Providence, Rhode Island, 1873 Marks to bowl: (lion-anchor-G), STERLING, 40 1/8 PTS., 80, F 27 x 20-1/4 inches (68.6 x 51.4 cm) 6504 grams PROVENANCE: Christie's, New York, Russian Works of Art, Important Silver and Objects of Vertu, 20 May, 2015, lot 401. LITERATURE: A related punch bowl is illustrated in Charles A. Carpenter, Gorham Silver, 1997, p. 59, illus. p. 60. The circular punch bowl on four-footed pedestal base; domed cover featuring cast figure of Victorian male aiming a hunting rifle atop a cylindrical pedestal decorated with a laurel wreath; two C-scroll handles applied to shoulder and ornamented with cast naturalistic grapevine decoration; a pair of Bacchanalian figures resting on a bed of grapevines attached to opposite sides of the shoulder; pedestal ornamented with Classical-style hunting scenes, raised on four lions-head scroll feet. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

The lot in overall excellent condition, with attached two neoclassical figures loose to shoulder of bowl,
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