ID 820074
Lot 429 | AN EXTENSIVE AMERICAN SILVER-GILT FLATWARE SERVICE
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Chrysanthemum pattern, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons
Twelve chowder/gumbo spoons
Twelve iced tea spoons
Twelve teaspoons
Twelve ice cream spoons
Twelve dinner forks
Twelve luncheon forks
Twelve salad forks
Twelve fish forks
Twelve pastry forks
Twelve fruit forks
Twelve oyster forks
Twelve dinner knives
Twelve luncheon knives
Twelve fish knives
Twelve fruit knives
Twelve butter spreaders
A two-piece salad serving set
A serving fork
A lobster pick
A waffle server
A pastry server
A pair of grape shears
A pair of sugar tongs
A long stirring spoon
Two salt spoons
An olive spoon
A crumber
307 oz. (9,548 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
Tiffany & Co., New York, 1 December 1982.
Michael Barcun, San Francisco, 15 May 1995.
The Jerome Rapoport Collection of American Aesthetic Silver; Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1996, lot 37.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 16 January 1998, lot 2237.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 15 January 1999, lots 36 and 37.
Variously assembled in part from the above by Ann and Gordon Getty.
Manufactur: | Tiffany & Co. |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Silver |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Manufactur: | Tiffany & Co. |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Silver |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Address of auction |
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