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MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
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AN AMERICAN SILVER-GILT TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE
MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Chrysanthemum-pattern, comprising: kettle, stand and lamp; coffee-pot; teapot, with simulated ivory insulators; cream-jug; sugar-bowl and slop-bowl and cover, engraved with initials, each marked underneath, the kettle with numbers '6176/6173', the remaining pieces '5960/6175'
the kettle and stand 14 in. (35.6 cm.) high
168 oz. 4 dwt. (7468 gr.)
MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Chrysanthemum-pattern, comprising: kettle, stand and lamp; coffee-pot; teapot, with simulated ivory insulators; cream-jug; sugar-bowl and slop-bowl and cover, engraved with initials, each marked underneath, the kettle with numbers '6176/6173', the remaining pieces '5960/6175'
the kettle and stand 14 in. (35.6 cm.) high
168 oz. 4 dwt. (7468 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 10 December 1998, lot 363.
Special notice
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