A SET OF EIGHT SILVER AND TURQUOISE-SET FIGURAL CASTERS

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, THREE 1891-1902, FIVE 1907-1947

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A SET OF EIGHT SILVER AND TURQUOISE-SET FIGURAL CASTERS
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, THREE 1891-1902, FIVE 1907-1947
Of Aztec form, four figures standing with arms outstretched and wearing a headdress, four seated in tranquil pose, with turquoise details, each marked under base, the seated figures also marked 13320/8795, 1392 and 0655; the standing figures marked 13319/1392, 0655 and 8793

2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high; 18 oz. (565 gr.) gross weight (8)

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Lot Essay

A select number of silver objects of Aztec inspiration were produced under the direction of Paulding Farnham, Tiffany's chief designer. These include a masterful Aztec bowl from 1905 which sold Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 2009, lot 105 and the Aztec Calendar plate exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The plate was purchased by William Randolph Hearst and is now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.

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