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Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2452Location: BostonDate / Time: April 11, 2009 10:00AM
Description:
Gorham Sterling Presentation Vase, early 20th century, tapered cylindrical form with angular handles and trumpet foot, chased and embossed below handles with panels of ivy leaves, engraved with extensive presentation inscription to a "Miss Dow" dated 1915, ht. 12 1/2 in., approx. 30 troy oz.
Estimate $500-700
minor age wear. engraved to one side: "Presented to Miss Dow as a token of affection and appreciation by her employees, April 12, 1915." the other side reading: "Some call her Sal but to us she's "Little Mother" and you'll travel far and wide e'er you'll meet with such another. She sticks to us through thick and thin/when luck is out, when luck is in.Ah! what a pal to us she's been has our "Old Dutch." "