Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 12Ф,Y
TIFFANY: A rare 19th century silver and mixed metals three-piece 'after-dinner' coffee service by Tiffany & Co, Edward Moore period, pattern numbers for 1877/8, each marked under base with pattern and order numbers: coffee pot 4758 / 8502, sugar bowl 4759 / 8500, cream jug 4759 / 8368, also incuse stamped 'STERLING-SILVER', the cream jug, also incorporating '-AND-MIXED METALS'
5 April 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,250 inc. premium
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TIFFANY: A rare 19th century silver and mixed metals three-piece 'after-dinner' coffee service
by Tiffany & Co, Edward Moore period, pattern numbers for 1877/8, each marked under base with pattern and order numbers: coffee pot 4758 / 8502, sugar bowl 4759 / 8500, cream jug 4759 / 8368, also incuse stamped 'STERLING-SILVER', the cream jug, also incorporating '-AND-MIXED METALS'
Comprising a coffee pot of gourd form, a sugar bowl and cream jug, with copper and brass applied flowers, underlying these a diaper shallow etched elaborate profusion of flowers and leaves (American flora), each on three shallow scroll feet, the handle similarly decorated and with ivory insulators, the pot with a hinged and slightly domed cover, with a carved jade finial, height of coffee pot 22.6cm, weight 31.7oz.
Comprising a coffee pot of gourd form, a sugar bowl and cream jug, with copper and brass applied flowers, underlying these a diaper shallow etched elaborate profusion of flowers and leaves (American flora), each on three shallow scroll feet, the handle similarly decorated and with ivory insulators, the pot with a hinged and slightly domed cover, with a carved jade finial, height of coffee pot 22.6cm, weight 31.7oz.
Footnotes
A similar design coffee service was exhibited at the Paris 1878 Exposition to great acclaim.
Edward Moore's Japanesque designs for Tiffany developed to ultimately include applied three dimensional metallic alloys with organic forms and ornament derived from nature. By the time of the Paris Exposition in 1878 Moore's Japanesque style was at its height winning Tiffany & Co the grand prize for silverware and a gold medal for Moore, these designs are arguably the greatest works in American silver.
The International press raved about the innovative, intricate Japanesque style. Emile Bergerat commented: "The work of inlay, of niello and of alloying tones are equally worthy of attracting the attention of connoisseurs. They are executed with infinite taste and which one must twice congratulate an American manufacturer." Les chefs-d'oeuvre d'art à l'Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, vol. I, p. 121-122.
PROVENANCE
Property of the 7th Viscount Powerscourt, Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland; and thence by descent.
Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt (1836 - 1904)
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