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Narragansett-Style Salt Cellar and Spoon
Narragansett-Style Salt Cellar and Spoon
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Description
"Narragansett"-Style Salt Cellar and Spoon

ca. 1900, the bowl unmarked, the spoon Gorham Corp., Providence, Rhode Island, model #2, in the form of a realistic oyster shell, decorated with applied "barnacles" and single inverted shell foot, the spoon with shell-form bowl, ribboned "branch" handle and crab finial, the bowl acid engraved "Sea Bright NJ".
cellar, h. 1-1/2", l. 4-3/4", w. 2-1/2"; spoon, l. 5"; 3.91 total t. oz.

Literature: Chris A. McGlothlin, Gorham Spoons: Sterling Souvenirs from a Bygone Era (Louisville, KY: Rock Springs Press, 2017), pp. 342-344.

Notes: McGlothlin notes that the set here was probably an almond set, and came in two sizes. "Crab Spoon #2" was cast in pieces and hand assembled, so that no two are exactly identical. It was known with at least four bowl variations.
Condition
**In generally very good condition with no issues noted beyond some light wear commensurate with age. The cellar marked "Sterling"; the spoon with the Gorham "lion-anchor-G" trademark, pattern number "2" and "Sterling".
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Narragansett-Style Salt Cellar and Spoon

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Starting Price $125
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