Tiffany & Co.
A Set of Six American Silver-Gilt Fruit Knives, c. 1880
Length: 7.5 in.
Weight: 11 oz.
New York, N.Y.
V9824
$ 11,000.00
Marked on blades ’TIFFANY & C0/ M/SterIing/ 364. Lap-over-edge, engraved, the spot‐hammered handles variously decorated with varicolored gilt bats, seaweed, lotus leaves, Japanese maple leaves, stylized flower heads and mixed...
Marked on blades ’TIFFANY & C0/ M/SterIing/ 364.
Lap-over-edge, engraved, the spot‐hammered handles variously decorated with varicolored gilt bats, seaweed, lotus leaves, Japanese maple leaves, stylized flower heads and mixed metal crosses, the blades gilt.
Literature:
William P. Hood, Jr., “Tiffany Silver Flatware 1845-1905: When Dining Was an Art”, 1999, iIIus. p. 229, fig. 343.
Lap-over-edge, engraved, the spot‐hammered handles variously decorated with varicolored gilt bats, seaweed, lotus leaves, Japanese maple leaves, stylized flower heads and mixed metal crosses, the blades gilt.
Literature:
William P. Hood, Jr., “Tiffany Silver Flatware 1845-1905: When Dining Was an Art”, 1999, iIIus. p. 229, fig. 343.