A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL SUGAR CASTER
A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL SUGAR CASTER

MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1878-1885

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A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL SUGAR CASTER
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1878-1885
Gourd-form, the hand-hammered surface applied with a mokume butterfly, and a gold and copper dragonfly, leaf, bud and a spider amid trailing silver vines, the cover pierced with Japanesque motifs, marked under base 5239/9044, also marked near rims with French control marks
5in. high; gross weight 7oz. 10dwt.
Tiffany & Co.

拍品專文

A similar gourd-form silver sugar caster but applied with silver-gilt ornament sold in these Rooms, June 16, 1999, lot 57.