Lot Essay
Another set of twelve parcel-gilt dinner forks, including several with the same decoration, is illustrated in William P. Hood, Tiffany Silver Flatware, 1999, p. 226, figure 340a.
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Property of a Pennsylvania Collector
A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DINNER FORKS
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
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A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DINNER FORKS
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Lap over edge applied, the hammered surface applied with parcel-gilt bird, grasshopper, frog, dragonfly, beetle, butterfly, rabbits, spider, owl, gourd and butterfly, plum blossom, and leaves and berries, engraved with monogram MVC, each marked on reverse, also with design decoration number
8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm.) long; 32 oz. 10 dwt. (1,014 gr.) (12)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Lap over edge applied, the hammered surface applied with parcel-gilt bird, grasshopper, frog, dragonfly, beetle, butterfly, rabbits, spider, owl, gourd and butterfly, plum blossom, and leaves and berries, engraved with monogram MVC, each marked on reverse, also with design decoration number
8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm.) long; 32 oz. 10 dwt. (1,014 gr.) (12)
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