Gorham Sterling Custom Order Water Pitcher

1898 Gorham Special order "Bouquet of Roses" Water Pitcher. Completed October 21st 1898. Ordered Extra Heavy.
A Very special water pitcher that was ordered by Theodore B Starr instructing Goham to produce an extra heavy water special pitcher.
This "Bouquet of Roses" water pitcher comes with the costing slip from Gorham. The breakdown much like all martele pieces is as follows.

Some silver was cast and they spent 9 hours and 45 minutes.
After the 9+ hours all of the silver went to the PP room where the most skilled men, the ones who crafted Martele worked & spent 60 hours there.
After the Martele room it went over to the chasing room for another 100 hours was devoted to ornamentation.

Total time spent all in all after the polishing room was 180+ hours to make this piece. The cost to make this pitcher was $189.70 and they sold it for $212.00
This special ordered piece has some amazing detail from the edge of the mouth all the way to the base with hammered work on 4 of the 8 sides.
In some ways this large 51 Troy ounce piece of art work shows some of the most outstanding craftsmanship that Gorham was capable of producing.
Original patina all around and not machine buffed. No damage or repairs at all. No monogram removals and a very nice script monogram on the underside.
Marked Sterling, Gorham Hallmarks, [7577], Theodore B. Starr New York (Retailer)
Measures 10 3/4" tall to the lip of the pitcher by 9 1/4" wide from the lip to handle edge with a 7" wide body by 5 1/2" wide base.
I will say without question this is one of the best water pitchers that I have seen outside of Gorham or Reed & Barton's 950+ Line.