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MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
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AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SUGAR BOWL, CREAMER AND SUGAR SIFTER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
The sugar bowl and creamer of gourd form with spot-hammered surface, the two-handled sugar bowl applied with a spider, fly maple leaves, the creamer applied with seated and leaping frogs and engraved with reeds, both with gilt interiors, the sifter Lap Over Edge pattern applied with crabs and engraved HM, gilt bowl, marked on undersides, bowl numbered 5390-900, 429, creamer 5307-400, 587
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) long, over handles (sugar bowl)
16 oz. 6 dwt. (507 gr.)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
The sugar bowl and creamer of gourd form with spot-hammered surface, the two-handled sugar bowl applied with a spider, fly maple leaves, the creamer applied with seated and leaping frogs and engraved with reeds, both with gilt interiors, the sifter Lap Over Edge pattern applied with crabs and engraved HM, gilt bowl, marked on undersides, bowl numbered 5390-900, 429, creamer 5307-400, 587
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) long, over handles (sugar bowl)
16 oz. 6 dwt. (507 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 18 February 1984, lot 216.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art.