MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875

Details

A FINE SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND MATCHING CREAM PITCHER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
in the Japanese taste, applied with lily pads, swimming fish and fully modeled insects and shells, both with pierced buttress handle terminals, marked on undersides 3737/8114
the sugar bowl 6 in. (15.2 cm.) long over handles; 12 oz. (373 gr.)

Provenance

Sold, Christie's, New York, 4 June 1988, lot 36A.

Lot Essay

The sugar bowl and cream pitcher are identical to a set with the same order number in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the illustration in Frances G. Safford and Ruth W. Caccavale," Japanesque Silver by Tiffany and Company in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," Antiques (October 1987), plate III, p. 183. The decoration of this set was an early use of Japanesque scenic design. Tiffany's records of 1874 describe the forms as "sugar and cream Persian Pierced handles." The drawings of the decoration are dated February 1, 1876.

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