TWO SIMILAR AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHERS
TWO SIMILAR AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHERS

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1885, 1895

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TWO SIMILAR AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHERS
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1885, 1895
The first of inverted helmet form, the second of baluster form, both with wide bands chased with musicians and merry-making putti, the first with leaf-capped lobed handle terminating in scrolls and shell-form spout, gilt interior, the second engraved with script monogram MES, marked on undersides and numbered 7364-7924, and 5066-3392
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high, the first; 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, the second
85 oz. (2,644 gr.)

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This model of baluster form pitcher has sold in these rooms, 21-25 January 2010, lot 41. Additional pitchers with identical bands of decoration have sold in these rooms, 1-2 April 2003, lot 161, and 19-20 June 2012, lot 273

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