Lot Essay
In Martelé 950-1000 Fine Gorham's Nouveau Art Silver, 2002, p. 187, Larry Pristo notes that there were two vases model 1481 made. One vase was completed on 24 April 1899 and was raised for 45 hours and then chased for an additional 80 hours. Pristo also notes that model 1481 was exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900.