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Check cutter: front view

Description

Abstract:
Cast silver check cutter (desk set accessory) with chasing front and back. Female face at top center, Art nouveau tendrils with five petal flowers around. Shape tapers to thin, straight edge at bottom. Form also called a "straight edge", but called a "check cutter" in Gorham records and publicity materials. Part of 16-piece desk set made for the inlaid silver table exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Notes:
Gorham's marks of lion, anchor, and G on lower left corner of back
Material: Cast sterling silver
Size of original: 2.5 cm. x 23.8 cm. x 5.7 cm.
Weight of original 5.2 oz.
Style: Art nouveau
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Morris, Jr.
Repository: Rhode Island School of Design Museum

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Gorham Silver Company, "Check cutter: front view " (1903). Gorham Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:52320/

Relations

Collection:

  • Gorham Collection

    A collection of drawings, sketches, and digital objects pertaining to the design process used by the Gorham Manufacturing Company to create its hand-crafted consumer silver products. Featured are many objects from Gorham’s Martelé line, a product that was entirely handmade …
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