The Property of
R. THORNTON WILSON
A SILVER TRAY
Details
A SILVER TRAY
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1879-1891
Rectangular with rounded corners, the rim elborately repousse and chased with a band of foliate scrolls, rocaille and flowerheads on a matted ground, the field engraved with monogram CSA, marked--24in. long
(141 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1879-1891
Rectangular with rounded corners, the rim elborately repousse and chased with a band of foliate scrolls, rocaille and flowerheads on a matted ground, the field engraved with monogram CSA, marked--24in. long
(141 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
William Backhouse Astor, Jr., and his wife Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor. Mrs. Astor was the leading socialite of New York in the late 19th century, and with Ward McAllister, formed the famous Four Hundred, New York's most elite social roster.
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
John Loring, Tiffany's 150 Years, New York, 1987, illus. p. 45.