Lot Essay
The survival of this sauceboat with its original stand, both marked with the same order number, is unusual.
Details
A SILVER SAUCEBOAT ON STAND
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1857-1870
Of navette form, on pedestal base with beaded and Greek key border, with applied bifurcated acanthus-leaf handle, the rim with similar beading and Greek-key borders, the stand of oval form with beading and Greek-key border, both engraved with monogram MBP, marked, 686/5403, 588/5403--length of stand 6 5/8in.
(17oz.) (2)
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1857-1870
Of navette form, on pedestal base with beaded and Greek key border, with applied bifurcated acanthus-leaf handle, the rim with similar beading and Greek-key borders, the stand of oval form with beading and Greek-key border, both engraved with monogram MBP, marked, 686/5403, 588/5403--length of stand 6 5/8in.
(17oz.) (2)
Literature
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Tiffany Silver, 1978, fig. 12, p. 16