A SILVER-GILT JAPANESQUE CREAM JUG, SUGAR BOWL AND SIFTER

MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1870-1874

Details

A SILVER-GILT JAPANESQUE CREAM JUG, SUGAR BOWL AND SIFTER
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1870-1874
with acid-etched surface, in original case stamped UNION SQUARE TIFFANY & CO NEW YORK, the sugar sifter Japanese pattern
the cream jug 5in. (13.4cm.) high; 14oz. 10dwt. (451gr.)
the cream jug and sugar bowl marked under bases Union Square 2551/934, the sugar sifter marked on back of handle (3)

Lot Essay

Frances Gruber Safford and Ruth Wilford Caccavale, "Japanesque Silver by Tiffany and Company in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," The Magazine Antiques, October 1987, p. 811, fig. 5 for an illustration of a similar creamer, suger bowl and sugar sifter set in the original box. These sets probably held thick cream and powdered sugar to be served with fresh berries, a popular dessert of the period.