ID 1122113
Lot 331 | AN EXTENSIVE AMERICAN SILVER TOILET SERVICE
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 9 000
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1902
Decorated throughout with putti, flowers, garlands, and beading, all engraved with monogram VHC, comprising:
Two vase-form perfume flasks with basket weave bodies, one with conforming stopper
A circular powder box and puff
An oval jewel box with pin cushion cover
A pair of shallow circular boxes with hinged covers
A smaller circular box with lift-off cover
An oval pin box with hinged cover
A hand mirror
A pair of hair brushes
Two clothes brushes
Two men's hair brushes, in sizes
A comb
A hat brush
A shoe horn
A glove stretcher
A button hook
A nail buffer
A pair of tweezers
Two cuticle knives
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high, the perfume flask with stopper; 10 1⁄8 in. (25.7 cm.) long, the hand mirror
87 oz. 14 dwt. (2,727 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2006, lot 100.
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 |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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Phone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
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