Lot Essay
Products of the "special hand work" line of Tiffany & Co. are very rare as they were not a commercial success at the time, according to Charles L. Venable (op. cit., p. 350).
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MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1909
Details
A SILVER ARTS AND CRAFTS PITCHER
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1909
Baluster, the faceted surface spot-hammered, with everted rim and curved handle; marked under base, 17580/6535, SPECIAL HAND WORK
8in. high; 37oz. 10dwt.
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1909
Baluster, the faceted surface spot-hammered, with everted rim and curved handle; marked under base, 17580/6535, SPECIAL HAND WORK
8in. high; 37oz. 10dwt.
Literature
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, 1995, p. 261, fig. 9.10
Exhibited
Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, The Dallas Museum of Art; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg; the Milwaukee Art Museum; and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, 1994-1996