MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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AN EXTENSIVE AMERICAN SILVER-GILT FLATWARE SERVICE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Chrysanthemum pattern, most engraved with script initial G, comprising:
Eight tablespoons
Thirty-six dessert spoons
Eighteen soup spoons
Twenty-four chowder/gumbo spoons
Twenty-three iced tea spoons
Twenty-four teaspoons
Eighteen ice cream spoons
Six egg spoons
Thirty-two dinner forks
Twenty-seven luncheon forks
Twenty-five fish forks
Fourteen pastry forks
Six ice cream forks
Twenty-four oyster forks
Twenty-seven dinner knives
Twenty-seven luncheon knives
Twenty-eight fish knives
Six dessert knives
Ten fruit knives
Twenty-four butter spreaders
A large two-piece carving set
A smaller three-piece carving set
Two cold meat forks
A lobster pick
Two serving spoons
A sauce ladle
Three lemon forks
A salt spoon
A pickle fork
619 oz. (19,251 gr.) weighable silver
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Chrysanthemum pattern, most engraved with script initial G, comprising:
Eight tablespoons
Thirty-six dessert spoons
Eighteen soup spoons
Twenty-four chowder/gumbo spoons
Twenty-three iced tea spoons
Twenty-four teaspoons
Eighteen ice cream spoons
Six egg spoons
Thirty-two dinner forks
Twenty-seven luncheon forks
Twenty-five fish forks
Fourteen pastry forks
Six ice cream forks
Twenty-four oyster forks
Twenty-seven dinner knives
Twenty-seven luncheon knives
Twenty-eight fish knives
Six dessert knives
Ten fruit knives
Twenty-four butter spreaders
A large two-piece carving set
A smaller three-piece carving set
Two cold meat forks
A lobster pick
Two serving spoons
A sauce ladle
Three lemon forks
A salt spoon
A pickle fork
619 oz. (19,251 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.
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.
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Elizabeth Seigel
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections