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A FINE SET OF TWELVE SILVER AND MIXED-METAL BUTTER DISHES
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Circular, the spot-hammered borders engraved with seagrass and applied with copper crabs, silver-gilt starfish, copper fish, turtles, frogs and various sealife, the spot-hammered centers gilt, marked on reverses--3 1/8in. diameter
(gross weight 11oz.) (12)
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Circular, the spot-hammered borders engraved with seagrass and applied with copper crabs, silver-gilt starfish, copper fish, turtles, frogs and various sealife, the spot-hammered centers gilt, marked on reverses--3 1/8in. diameter
(gross weight 11oz.) (12)
Provenance
Christie's, January 19, 1990, lot 72