A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BUTTERFLY-FORM NAPKIN CLIPS FROM THE MACKAY SERVICE

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A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BUTTERFLY-FORM NAPKIN CLIPS FROM THE MACKAY SERVICE
BY TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1878

Each shaped as a butterfly, the wings variously enamelled front and back with stylized foliage, the body applied with the Hungerford arms and monogram MLM on the front and on the underside with stylized legs, the wings squeezing together to open the spring hinge, marked with French import control marks only--3¼in. wide
(Gross weight 12 oz. 10 dwt.) (8)

Provenance

John W. and Marie Louise (Hungerford) Mackay
John W. Mackay III, grandson
Thence by descent

Lot Essay

A matching pair of butterflies is in the collection of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco

Three cups from this service are illustrated in Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Tiffany Silver (New York, 1978), color plate II.