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Gorham Manufacturing Company: English: Jester Face Matchsafe, ca. 1888   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Gorham Manufacturing Company    wikidata:Q48386771
 
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Alternative names
  • legal name: Gorham & Webster (between 1831 and 1837
    date QS:P,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
  • legal name: Gorham, Webster & Price (between 1837 and 1841
    date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
  • legal name: J. Gorham & Son (between 1841 and 1850
    date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
  • legal name: Gorham & Thurber (between 1850 and 1852
    date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1852-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
  • legal name: Gorham & Company (between 1852 and 1865
    date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1852-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
  • legal name: Gorham Manufacturing Company (between 1865 and 1961
    date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
  • legal name: Gorham Corporation (between 1961 and 1967
    date QS:P,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1967-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    )
Description American silver manufactory, founded 1831
Work period from 1831 until 1989
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1989-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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artist QS:P170,Q48386771
Title
English: Jester Face Matchsafe, ca. 1888
Description
English: Oblong, rounded corners, featuring raised decoration of grinning court jester face in costume, he holds miniature jester head on a stick. Reverse inscribed with monogram J.C.Y. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
Date circa 1888
date QS:P571,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium silver
medium QS:P186,Q1090
Dimensions 6.5 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm (2 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. )
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Product Design and Decorative Arts
Accession number
1980-14-360
Credit line Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
Inscriptions Lion passant, anchor, gothic letter "G", STERLING 650, all stamped on front bezel. COPYRIGHTED 1888, stamped on reverse bezel.
Notes
  • Type: Matchsafe
  • Country: United States
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