Lot 820
820
AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER VASE
AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER VASE
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AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER VASE

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880

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AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER VASE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Of pear shape, the body with spot-hammered surface, applied with a spider, seed pods and Japanese gold maple leaves and beetle, the neck with a scarab beetle, underside engraved 11-F-S, marked on underside and numbered 3567-2401, 495, neck with French import mark

7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
9 oz. 6 dwt. (289 gr.)
Provenance
Christie’s, New York, 16 February 1983, lot 314.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Lot Essay

Tiffany and Co. created two sizes of this vase, of which this is the larger size. They are referred to as "china shape" in Tiffany's silver pattern books. According to the Tiffany archives, the design for this vase dates to 1879. Another vase of similar shape, applied with maple leaves, a butterfly and dragonfly sold at Christie's, New York, 20 January 1990, lot 65.
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