A GOLD COFFEE JUG
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1897; 18K
On four scroll feet, the body chased with scrolls and foliage, the hinged cover further chased, applied with foliate decoration and with urn finial, the body engraved with monogram SS, the handle with replaced insulators, engraved under base Presented Dec. 25th 1897 To Samuel Sloan by Employees D.L. & W.R.R. Co. with set & tray Presented May 15th 1912 To Mary Sloan Colt By her Mother Margaret E. Sloan, marked under base
9 in. (23 cm.) high; 21 oz. (668 gr.)
Samuel Sloan (1864-1939) of Garrison, New York had a distinguished financial career. He was director the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad from whom the present lot is inscribed.