A SILVER PRESENTATION PITCHER OF HISTORICAL INTEREST

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1873-91

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A SILVER PRESENTATION PITCHER OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
Mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1873-91
Vase form on spreading circular foot, the body with presentation inscription and acroteria borders at intervals, the angular handle with stylized lotus leaves, marked on base, the neck with import marks for Charles Stuart Harris, London, 1898
13¾in. high; 39oz. 10dwt.

Lot Essay

The inscription reads:
PRESENTED BY /THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO FREDERICK WATKINS MASTER OF THE STEAMSHIP "PARIS" OF NEW YORK./IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HUMANITY & KINDNESS/TO THE SHIPWRECKED CREW OF THE/STEAMSHIP "VINDOBALA', OF LONDON, WHICH WAS ABANDONED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, ON THE 27TH DECEMBER 1898.

[SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGE CAPTION]
The Steamship Paris of New York, circa 1895

[SUPP. CAPTION 2]
Report on the fate of the Vindobala, as printed in the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette and Lloyds List, January 2nd and 3rd, 1899.

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