Lot 253
253
AN AMERICAN SILVER SALAD BOWL AND A MATCHING PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SALAD SERVERS
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AN AMERICAN SILVER SALAD BOWL AND A MATCHING PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SALAD SERVERS

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1943-1947

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AN AMERICAN SILVER SALAD BOWL AND A MATCHING PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SALAD SERVERS
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1943-1947
Tomato or Pumpkin Vine pattern, the bowl applied with five bands of stylized tomatoes and foliage flanked by incised bands, the servers with matching handles and gilt-bowls and tines, bowl marked on underside and numbered 22888, the servers marked on reverse
9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) diameter, the bowl
35 oz. 14 dwt. (1,110 gr.)

Lot Essay

This model of bowl was first shown at the New York World's Fair of 1939, as part of Tiffany’s display of Art Deco in the House of Jewels. The design is attributed to Tiffany’s Norwegian designer Olaf Wilford (1894-1980) who created a pair of gilt salad servers in 1937. The model was a popular success and remained in production until the early 1950s. Examples of this salad bowl and matching servers are in the collection of The Dallas Museum of Art, and are illustrated in Jewel Stern, Modernism in American Silver, New Haven, 2005, p. 177.

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