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The applied crest is that of Stewart or Stuart.
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MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
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AN AMERICAN SILVER FIVE-DISH EPERGNE CENTERPIECE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Raised on four shell feet, the domed square base and baluster central support with openwork panels of lattice centered by flowerheads and spaced by densely chased and applied flowers and fruit, the large central dish and four smaller dishes all shaped square and chased to match, the base applied on two sides with a pelican in piety crest and motto VIRESCIT VULNERE VIRTUS, marked on undersides of dishes and numbered 5598-2358
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
170 oz. 4 dwt. (5,293 gr.)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Raised on four shell feet, the domed square base and baluster central support with openwork panels of lattice centered by flowerheads and spaced by densely chased and applied flowers and fruit, the large central dish and four smaller dishes all shaped square and chased to match, the base applied on two sides with a pelican in piety crest and motto VIRESCIT VULNERE VIRTUS, marked on undersides of dishes and numbered 5598-2358
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
170 oz. 4 dwt. (5,293 gr.)
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The applied crest is that of Stewart or Stuart.