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MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1878
Details
A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL JAPANESQUE EXPOSITION FLACON
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1878
applied with gold and copper motifs, one side with gold and copper butterfly under copper wisteria, the handle with inlaid copper petals and scrolling join, the interior gilt
8in. (22.2cm.) high; gross weight 11oz. (342gr.)
marked under base 5388/607 and near top rim with French control mark
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1878
applied with gold and copper motifs, one side with gold and copper butterfly under copper wisteria, the handle with inlaid copper petals and scrolling join, the interior gilt
8in. (22.2cm.) high; gross weight 11oz. (342gr.)
marked under base 5388/607 and near top 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; John Culme, Nineteenth Century Silver, 1977, p. 194
Exhibited
L'Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878