MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1871

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A RARE AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1871
Japanese pattern, engraved with monogram CJM, comprising:
Twenty-three table spoons
Twenty-four dessert spoons
Twenty-three teaspoons
Twenty-three coffee spoons, with gilt bowls
Twenty-four dinner forks
Twenty-four lunch forks
Eighteen fruit forks, with gilt tines
Twenty-four small dessert/strawberry forks
Twenty-four dinner knives, with silver plated blades (Joseph Rogers & Sons)
Twenty-one dessert/tea knives, with silver blades
Fourteen fruit knives, with silver-plated blades (Wostenholm)
A fish slice
A fish fork
Two serving spoons, with gilt bowls
A serving fork and spoon
A mustard spoon
together with a pair of associated German salt cellars and a pair of American salt and pepper casters
330 oz. 10 dwt. (10,285 gr.) weighable silver (253)

Provenance

Catalina Juliana Mason (1824-1905), thence by descent

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Lot Essay

The monogram is that of Catalina Juliana Mason (1824-1905), daughter of Sidney Mason (1799-1871), the U.S. Consul to Puerto Rico from 1829-1835, and prominent member of various New York corporate and public institutions.

In 1847, Catalina married Theodorus Bailey Myers (1821-1888) a lawyer and philanthropist, whose collection of historical autographs, including all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, resides at the New York Public Library. His father, Major Mordecai Myers (1776-1871) was a captain in the War of 1812 and the first Jewish member of the New York State Legislature.

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