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Lot 16
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A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BUTTERFLY-FORM NAPKIN CLIPS FROM THE MACKAY SERVICE
Details
A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BUTTERFLY-FORM NAPKIN CLIPS FROM THE MACKAY SERVICE
BY TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1878
Ensuite with the preceding lot (8)
Provenance
John W. and Marie Louise (Hungerford) Mackay
John W. Mackay III, grandson
Thence by descent
Lot Essay
Photo Caption: Watercolor renderings for the enamel decoration of three butterflies shown above.
Courtesy Tiffany & Co. Archives