A SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL CUT-GLASS CLARET JUG

MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1891

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A SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL CUT-GLASS CLARET JUG
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1891
Baluster, the cut-glass body with alternating bands of lozenges and lappets with flowers, with upswept handle, the silver neck mount with scrolling floral bands and enamelled flowers at intervals, the conforming hinged onion-dome cover with pierced thumbpiece, engraved under cover Saml. D. Babcock, Esq. from J.W.P. Christmas 1891, marked under cover
11in. high
Tiffany & Co.

Lot Essay

Self-made man, Samuel D. Babcock (1822-1902), began his career as a $400-a-year dry-goods clerk, later making his fortune with the New York banking firm he established, Babcock Brothers & Co. In 1878 Mr. Babcock retired to spend the remaining quarter-century of his life in philanthropic and advisory pursuits. His contemporaries praised Mr. Babcock for his ability, experience, and, above all, his great integrity. A Tribute of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York to the Memory of Samuel D. Babcock. October 2d, 1902 recorded: "Mr. Babcock, from first to last, has demonstrated the possibility of acquiring the position of a multi-millionaire, and have no one ever question the honesty of every single dollar of his accumulation."

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