Lot 40
40
A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL PITCHER

MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1876-91

Details
A SILVER AND MIXED-METAL PITCHER
Maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1876-91
Baluster-form, the spot-hammered surface engraved with a dragon-fly and a snail on reeds and applied with copper and silver carps amid engraved weeds, the curved handle applied with copper and brass water-lilies, marked under base 4706/9838
7in. high; gross weight 28oz.

Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated in Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Tiffany Silver, 1978, p. 166.

By tradition, this pitcher belonged to Irene Duneau Doulton who inherited it from her grandfather Sir Henry Doulton, second son of John Doulton, founder of the ceramic manufacturing firm Doulton & Watts in England.