PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK GENTLEMAN
AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL 'JAPANESQUE' CENTERPIECE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1884
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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL 'JAPANESQUE' CENTERPIECE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1884
with spot-hammered surface, the domed circular base raised on four short bracket feet, applied and etched with Japanese gold peapods, a beetle, and with copper and Japanese gold spider, etched with swirling scroll monogram ADB, and date 1884, the attenuated stem with additional peapods and insect-eaten leaves applied with copper, all surmounted by a shallow shaped square dish applied with copper insects, marked on underside and numbered 6090-6617
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 32 oz. 4 dwt. (1,002 gr.)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1884
with spot-hammered surface, the domed circular base raised on four short bracket feet, applied and etched with Japanese gold peapods, a beetle, and with copper and Japanese gold spider, etched with swirling scroll monogram ADB, and date 1884, the attenuated stem with additional peapods and insect-eaten leaves applied with copper, all surmounted by a shallow shaped square dish applied with copper insects, marked on underside and numbered 6090-6617
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 32 oz. 4 dwt. (1,002 gr.)