AN UNUSUAL SILVER-PLATED ENGRAVER'S PLAQUE

SIGNED I. H. GARDNER, CIRCA 1876

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AN UNUSUAL SILVER-PLATED ENGRAVER'S PLAQUE
SIGNED I. H. GARDNER, CIRCA 1876
Rectangular, the plaque engraved with the 1876 Centennial Tiffany & Co. swan centerpiece and inscribed FRUIT DISH IN SILVER TIFFANY NY, surrounded by vignettes of Lady Liberty, an American Indian and a ship, with floral frieze border, engraved SCROLL BY I. H. GARDNER Watchmaker & Jeweler, within a wooden frame
12 in. in frame

Lot Essay

This advertising vehicle for the engraving skill of jeweler and watchmaker I.H. Gardner may be dated to 1876, as it depicts American Centennial imagery including Lady Liberty, an American Indian, and the Tiffany & Co. swan centerpiece. The centerpiece was exhibited to great acclaim at the Philadelphia exhibition, and is now in the collection of Rough Point, Newport, the residence of the late Doris Duke. The centerpiece is illustrated in John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, illus. pp. 130-131.

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