TWO MIXED-METAL SILVER COFFEE SPOONS

MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880

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TWO MIXED-METAL SILVER COFFEE SPOONS
MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
The first with mokume stem and gilt gourd-shaped bowl, the second with copper and niello stem of geometric patterns and plum blossom, with gilt bowl, the reverse of each bowl engraved with a crest and initial W, each marked on reverse
4½ and 4¼ in. long; 1 oz. (2)

Lot Essay

A rare example of mokume spoon imitating wood graining and a niello and copper coffee spoon are illustrated in William P. Hood, Tiffany Silver Flatware 1845-1905: When Dining was an Art, 1999, p. 287 and 291. Two niello and copper spoons of the same pattern sold at Christie's, New York, 19-20 January 1990, part lot 145.

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