A SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY

MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1898-1902

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A SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1898-1902
Comprising kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, hot milk jug, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl; each shaped octagonal, the tapering faceted body with scroll spout and wood angulur handle, the waste bowl and cream jug with gilt interiors, the hinged domed fluted cover surmounted by a quatrefoil finial, the shaped rectangular tray with fluted border, marked under bases
The kettle on stand 13in. high, the tray 31in. over handles; 339oz.
Tiffany & Co. (8)

來源

Gift of Louis Comfort Tiffany to his neighbors, Henry Wheeling de Forest and Julia Noyes de Forest
thence by descent

拍品專文

Henry Wheeling de Forest and Julia Noyes de Forest were neighbors of Louis Comfort Tiffany at his Long Island residence, Laurelton Hall. Mr. de Forest's brother was Lockwood de Forest, the influential artist who formed part of Associated Artists, Louis Comfort Tiffany's interior decorating business. Another brother was Robert de Forest, the fifth president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A lawyer by profession, Henry de Forest was also very involved in New York philanthropies and served as the president of the New York Botanical Garden from 1928 to 1937.