Lot 60
60
AN AMERICAN SILVER CIGAR AND CIGARETTE STAND WITH SALVER MADE FOR THE COLUMBIAN EPOSITION Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1893 The cylindrical cigar stand on spreading circular foot, with four attached smaller cylindrical tubs on scroll feet, the lower body engraved and acid etched with floral scrollwork, the border with pierced foliate and shell band, the interior gilt, the shaped quatrefoil stand on four foliate scroll feet, with conforming decoration and monogrammed central medallion, the border applied with engraved iron plaques, marked under salver, also marked with 1893 Columbian Exposition stamp and 11198/4179 the stand 5 1/4in. high, the salver 12in. long diagonally; 59oz.
AN AMERICAN SILVER CIGAR AND CIGARETTE STAND WITH SALVER MADE FOR THE COLUMBIAN EPOSITION Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1893 The cylindrical cigar stand on spreading circular foot, with four attached smaller cylindrical tubs on scroll feet, the lower body engraved and acid etched with floral scrollwork, the border with pierced foliate and shell band, the interior gilt, the shaped quatrefoil stand on four foliate scroll feet, with conforming decoration and monogrammed central medallion, the border applied with engraved iron plaques, marked under salver, also marked with 1893 Columbian Exposition stamp and 11198/4179 the stand 5 1/4in. high, the salver 12in. long diagonally; 59oz.

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AN AMERICAN SILVER CIGAR AND CIGARETTE STAND WITH SALVER MADE FOR THE COLUMBIAN EPOSITION
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1893
The cylindrical cigar stand on spreading circular foot, with four attached smaller cylindrical tubs on scroll feet, the lower body engraved and acid etched with floral scrollwork, the border with pierced foliate and shell band, the interior gilt, the shaped quatrefoil stand on four foliate scroll feet, with conforming decoration and monogrammed central medallion, the border applied with engraved iron plaques, marked under salver, also marked with 1893 Columbian Exposition stamp and 11198/4179
the stand 5 1/4in. high, the salver 12in. long diagonally; 59oz.

Lot Essay

The Tiffany pattern book of 1893 describes the present smoking set as a "Segar & Cigarette Stand...Roman Special". It is also described in the Columbian Expositon literature as "Cigar Stands. 344 SILVER STAND chased and etched." The original production cost was $205.

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