Exquisite early porcelain letter holder by Lenox, made exclusively for Davis Collamore & Co. Hand painted in vivid florals with gold gilt. Please note some repairs to the piece - take a careful look at the pictures. The hand-painted designs and gold gilt remain vivid and show very little wear.
Measurements:
Length: 8.75" (22 cm).
Height: 4.75" (12 cm).
Width: 3.5" (9 cm).
Davis Collamore & Co. was a high-end New York City importer of porcelain and glass. Located at 403 Broadway in New York, Ebenezer Collamore (1809-1884) imported china from France, India and England and supplied stoneware, Brooklyn Flint Glass, and Wedgewood for wholesale and retail. Davis Collamore commissioned designs from Copeland Spode and Thomas Minton that featured hand-painted details over transfer-printed outlines and often rich gilding. The company was known to rival the fellow high-end institutions in Tiffany & Co. and Black, Starr & Frost. Davis Collamore was among the first to recognize the beauty and value of American-made cut glass and also offered Rookwood Pottery, for which they were the representatives at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889. World-renowned porcelain makers, including Haviland, Royal Worcester, and Villeroy & Boch, appear with the firm's stamped underglaze marks.
