Covered pitcher
Maker
Tiffany & Co.
(American)
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1880
MediumSilver with mixed metals
Dimensionsoverall: 9 1/4 × 6 × 6 in., 1.7 lb. (23.5 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm., 0.8 kg.)
DescriptionThe finely hammered almost spherical body, cylindrical neck and shaped hinged lid decorated in engraved details and applied copper with incidents of pond life, showing a school of fish, assorted waterweeds, a snail and a watchful dragonfly, the lid further applied with a newt eyeing an unwary fly, similarly enriched loop handle.
MarkingsMarked on bottom: TIFFANY & Co MAKERS STERLING SILVER -AND- OTHER-METALS; pattern number 3077 [used between 1870 and 1874], order number 9721, further struck with the hammering and mounting design numbers 104 and 392; struck with the post-1864 French import mark
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors' Council and the estate of George and Nancy Parsons
Status
On viewObject number2023.10
