A JAPONISM TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-BOWL AND CREAM-JUG, maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., 1870-1875, Union Square, numbers 3205 over lower case script m, above 2404, each vase-shaped, on short conical foot with die-rolled geometric centering peacock band, and die-rolled rim, the cast upswept tappering handles with geometric piercings, within flowering foliage, the body engraved with Japanese decoration--the sugar-bowl, height over handles 5¾in. (14.6cm.), 12.5oz.

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A JAPONISM TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-BOWL AND CREAM-JUG, maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., 1870-1875, Union Square, numbers 3205 over lower case script m, above 2404, each vase-shaped, on short conical foot with die-rolled geometric centering peacock band, and die-rolled rim, the cast upswept tappering handles with geometric piercings, within flowering foliage, the body engraved with Japanese decoration--the sugar-bowl, height over handles 5¾in. (14.6cm.), 12.5oz.

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For an example of identical form, with differing engraving, on same foot and handles, but monogrammed and with gilt interior, see Charles Carpenter Jr., Tiffany Silver, 1978, p. 191, fig. 262. It is also struck with the same number 3205, differing second number 1797.

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