ANTIQUE AMERICAN STERLING SILVER "HIAWATHA" SAUCE BOAT by GORHAM, 1871

Description

ANTIQUE AMERICAN STERLING SILVER
"HIAWATHA"
SAUCE BOAT
by  GORHAM, 1871
8" long ;  4 1/2" tall ;  6.2 ounces
LOVELY AND DELICATE, THIS SAUCE BOAT DEPICTS THE COMPANION TO THE
"HIAWATHA" CENTERPIECE IN THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION (1)
A CAST WINGED CHERUB CARRYING A QUIVER ATOP THE HANDLE;
THE PIERCED KEEL HELD STEADY BY THE OARS.
MARKED: LION-ANCHOR-G / 115 / STERLING / D
(1) "Gorham Silver 1831-1981" by Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Dodd, Mead & Company New York pgs.76-77