Fontainebleau by Gorham Sterling Silver Letter Knife, Very Rare, 54 g Shaker Pewter Pilgrim Flask Canteen

Pewter Pilgrim Flask Canteen

the project was cancelled and abandoned for more than twenty years

Provenance Enamel on copper of a cherub peeing on a suit of armor dated 1812

just over 1 pound

Fontainebleau by Gorham Sterling Silver Letter Knife, Very Rare, 54 g Shaker Pewter Pilgrim Flask CanteenWe are offering an exceedingly rare Gorham Sterling Silver Letter Knife in the Fontainebleau pattern, designed by the french designer, F. Antoine Heller for Gorham in 1882. It is marked "Sterling" and has the Gorham silver marks including a Lion and Anchor and the letter G. This pattern depicts various figures of the French court of Fontainebleau. It is representative of the Beaux Arts aesthetic which drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism,