Lot Essay
A similarly decorated five-piece tea service was sold as part of The Estate of Myrna and Bernard Posner, Christie's, New York, 24 January 2020, lot 431.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Oval, the body finely chased and engraved in the Persian taste with dense scrolls and foliage, on a conforming oval foot and with two bifurcated loop handles terminating in swirls, the domed cover similarly decorated and with a fully modeled seated whippet-form finial, marked on underside and numbered 3901-923
16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) long, over handles
84 oz. 16 dwt. (2,637 gr.)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Oval, the body finely chased and engraved in the Persian taste with dense scrolls and foliage, on a conforming oval foot and with two bifurcated loop handles terminating in swirls, the domed cover similarly decorated and with a fully modeled seated whippet-form finial, marked on underside and numbered 3901-923
16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) long, over handles
84 oz. 16 dwt. (2,637 gr.)
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