Lot Essay
Another tea and coffee service in the Bird's Nest pattern sold at Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 1998, lot 47.
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MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1874
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A FIVE-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1874
Bird's Nest pattern, comprising coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl; each with matte surface, the circular foot applied with ivy-capped scrolls at intervals, the bulbous body applied with fully-modelled birds and nests amid scrolling ivy with berries under a beaded band, centering a cartouche on one side, the scroll spouts with similar decoration, the upswept handles with ivory insulators, the hinged covers with similar decoration surmounted by a finial formed as a bird with outspread wings perched on a leafy branch, engraved under bases From C.L. Spencer Jan'y 21 1874, marked under bases 2275
The coffee pot 9in. high; gross weight 136oz.
Tiffany & Co. (5)
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1874
Bird's Nest pattern, comprising coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl; each with matte surface, the circular foot applied with ivy-capped scrolls at intervals, the bulbous body applied with fully-modelled birds and nests amid scrolling ivy with berries under a beaded band, centering a cartouche on one side, the scroll spouts with similar decoration, the upswept handles with ivory insulators, the hinged covers with similar decoration surmounted by a finial formed as a bird with outspread wings perched on a leafy branch, engraved under bases From C.L. Spencer Jan'y 21 1874, marked under bases 2275
The coffee pot 9in. high; gross weight 136oz.
Tiffany & Co. (5)