A SILVER PITCHER

MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1885-1891

Details

A SILVER PITCHER
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1885-1891
Baluster, on spreading circular base with scallop shell and seagrass border, the body chased with flowers and cascading water, with a shoulder collar of paired dolphins, shells and cattails, with shaped everted rim and scroll, leaf-clad handle, the body engraved with initials GC, marked under base
11in. high; 54oz. 10dwt.
Tiffany & Co.

Provenance

Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland), Princeton, New Jersey, sold Lester Slatoff Auctioneers and Appraisers, Princeton, New Jersey

Lot Essay

The monogram is that of GC for Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. The date of the pitcher corresponds to President Cleveland's first term in office from 1885 to 1889. His second term was from 1893-1897.

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