Gorham Sterling Silver Pierced Nut or Bon Bon Dish, Monogrammed “EAO” Vintage

Gorham Sterling Silver Pierced Nut or Bon Bon Dish, Monogrammed “EAO” VintageItem Title: Gorham Sterling Silver Pierced Nut or Bon Bon Dish, Monogrammed EAO Additional Description: A refined set of six American sterling silver serving dishes by Gorham, each in an elegant oval form with pierced sides and a richly detailed Rococo Revival border featuring shells, scrolls, and foliate ornament. The interiors are monogrammed EAO in a delicate script, adding a personalized, estate quality charm. The undersides are stamped STERLING

and textured bodies suggesting scales or armor

The panel bears a Roman numeral carved or stamped to the central field: marked “VI”

or student work which was quite common with academic artists

Vintage still life of red roses

known for writing moral and religious instruction books for youth

Each mount centers on a raised oval portrait of the winged messenger god—identifiable by his crested helmet—rendered in crisp neoclassical relief

stitched construction

Knights helmet finial with visor and plume

with visible chain lines and a pleasingly irregular texture

Bottom remains in place and you have the removable insert inside

where artists combined architectural and natural elements to evoke an imagined seaside setting

and silverplate loss consistent with age and use