Gorham Martele .9584 Silver Platter , 1907, marked "Martele/ (eagle)/ Gorham trademark/ .9584/ NRD/ 16 IN/ SPAULDING & Co. CHICAGO", everted rim chased with cattleya orchids, well centered with intwined script monogram "JHB", hammered surface, dia. 16 1/4 in., wt. 59.90 troy ozs. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 2011, lot 63. Note: Gorham company nomenclature terms this platter an "entree dish". Ref.: Keefe, John Webster et al. Magnificent, Marvelous Martele: American Art Nouveau Silver from the Jolie and Robert Shelton Collection, pp. 51, 59, 265-265; a similar "entree dish" ill. p. 265.

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