A SILVER, MIXED-METAL AND HARDSTONE THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
A SILVER, MIXED-METAL AND HARDSTONE THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880 Comprising a teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and pair of sterling silver sugar tongs; each shaped square on four bracket feet, the hammered body applied with gold dragonflies, butterflies, beetles and gourds, silver flies and beetles, all amid leaves and vines, the teapot and sugar bowl each applied with a mokume butterfly, the handles pierced, the teapot with wood insulators, the covers applied with similar decoration and surmounted by a jadeite finial, the interior of the sugar bowl and cream jug gilt, the sugar tongs with applied silver gourd and vines, each piece applied with the initial L , the bases also engraved Mrs. Wm. M. Lent Dec. 25 1880 , marked under bases STERLING SILVER AND OTHER METALS, also marked 5048/1779/741, the tongs marked STERLING The teapot 7½ in. (18.8 cm.) long; 37 oz. (1,158 gr.) gross weight (4)
A SILVER, MIXED-METAL AND HARDSTONE THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
A SILVER, MIXED-METAL AND HARDSTONE THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880 Comprising a teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and pair of sterling silver sugar tongs; each shaped square on four bracket feet, the hammered body applied with gold dragonflies, butterflies, beetles and gourds, silver flies and beetles, all amid leaves and vines, the teapot and sugar bowl each applied with a mokume butterfly, the handles pierced, the teapot with wood insulators, the covers applied with similar decoration and surmounted by a jadeite finial, the interior of the sugar bowl and cream jug gilt, the sugar tongs with applied silver gourd and vines, each piece applied with the initial L , the bases also engraved Mrs. Wm. M. Lent Dec. 25 1880 , marked under bases STERLING SILVER AND OTHER METALS, also marked 5048/1779/741, the tongs marked STERLING The teapot 7½ in. (18.8 cm.) long; 37 oz. (1,158 gr.) gross weight (4)
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