| Accession # |
86.242.1 |
|
Maker |
Tiffany & Company
|
| Title |
Sugar Bowl With Cover |
| Date |
ca. 1878 |
| Medium |
Silver and other metals |
| Dimensions |
5 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 5 in. (14.6 x 19.1 x 12.7 cm) |
| Marks |
"TIFFANY & Co 4872 MAKERS 5701 / STERLING-SILVER / -AND- / OTHER METALS / 138 / M"
Scratch Marks on bottom: "19/IV-; 1050 466; 8404"
On rim of bowl and lid: "ET in small stamp (French import marks)"
|
| Inscriptions |
no inscriptions |
| Signed |
no signature |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lewis |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 22, Shelf H (Silver)
|
| Description |
Sugar bowl and cover. Squat spherical form rises from simple foot rim to short neck; two up-turning D-shaped handles, each with flaring mid rib; domed lid terminates in copper eggplant finial. Surface of bowl and lid is hand-hammered; both lid and bowl wrapped with applied silver vines and leaves with copper; bowl wrapped with applied silver vines and leaves with copper and "marbleized" metal eggplants and gold blossoms. Scattered on surface of bowl are: "marbleized" butterfly, silver bug, silver leaping frog (on a leaf); on lid: silver and copper butterfly, silver and copper dragonfly. Around applied ornament are areas of pitting (in imitation of rough-cast bronze?). Gilt interiors.
CONDITION: Minor wear, but excellent. |
