Lot Essay
cf. Sotheby's New York, June 20, 1996, lot 13 for an identical tray, order number 867.
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MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1878
Details
A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL JAPANESQUE EXPOSITION TRAY
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1878
applied and inlaid with copper and gold motifs, on four bracket feet
16in. (40.6cm.) long; gross weight 38oz. (1102gr.)
marked under base 5391/607 PATENT APPLIED FOR and on outside rim with French control mark
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1878
applied and inlaid with copper and gold motifs, on four bracket feet
16in. (40.6cm.) long; gross weight 38oz. (1102gr.)
marked under base 5391/607 PATENT APPLIED FOR and on outside rim with French control mark
Literature
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, 1987, p. 268, ill. 8.10 (incorrectly identified as a coffee set); John Culme, Nineteenth Century Silver, 1977, p. 194
Exhibited
L'Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878