Edwin Everett Codman

Edwin Everett and his brother Frank, sons of longtime Gorham head designer William Christmas Codman (1839-1921), were silversmiths producing handwrought repousse sterling holloware in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1898, Edwin removed to Paris on a Gorham Scholarship but later returned to the US. The Codman family founded a silverware company that was later taken over by Gorham. He committed suicide in 1955 at the age of 79.

Edwin mainly produced small sculptures and silver objects. Two bookends show the golfers Bobby Jones (1902-1971) and Glenna Collett Vare (1903-1989), two of the most prominent golfers of their time. Both are made of bronze and are about 23 cm high with a base of approximately 13 x 13 cm. Another 40 cm high bronze statue of Collett Vare was submitted out of competition. By many, Collett Vare was considered the best female golfer to that time, and like Codman, she lived in Providence.