AN AMERICAN SILVER CENTERPIECE BOWL
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
The bowl circular and applied with a die-roll band of stylized flowerheads, the stem and circular foot with conforming decoration, applied with a pair of twelve-point royal stag heads to either side, marked on underside and numbered 3505-5097
14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) long, over handles
51 oz. 10 dwt. (1,602 gr.)
The stags on the present lot can be classified as "royal" stags as they each have twelve-tine antlers. Stags with fourteen are known as "imperial" and those with sixteen are known as "monarch" stags.