Mixed Metal: Tiffany

Rare and exotic sterling silver tea caddy. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Traditional ginger jar with snug fitting cover and interior cap. Stylized gold ornament: Arcade pattern inset with flowers and leaf-and-flower garland. An experimental design that serves a practical purpose. Cover fits snugly – the precious leaves are guaranteed to stay fresh. Fully marked including pattern no. 17060, director’s letter m (1907-47), and phrase “Sterling Silver / and / Gold Inlay”. ... Click for details

Japonesque sterling silver sake pot. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Globular with short and tapering diagonal spout and stationary bracket handle. Cover inset with jade bead finial on petal mount. Allover honeycomb hand hammering. Applied ornament. Top part has scalloped border with overlapping leaves. Bug (beetle) near spout.

Date (December 5) with years 1865 and 1890 engraved on cover. Interlaced script monogram engraved to pot underside.

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Japonesque sterling silver tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1878. Kidney-form with wavy and molded rim and four double volute-scroll supports. Mixed-metal ornament on hand-hammered honeycomb ground: Loose and elongated branch with leaves and hop blossoms that spills over rim. Cicada applied to handle.

Fully marked including pattern no. 5291 (first produced in 1878), director’s letter M (1873-91), and phrase “Sterling silver / and / other metals”. Fine condition.

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Rare mixed metal pitcher with lots of bugs. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Globular with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Modish insects—dragon fly, grasshopper, and butterfly—creep and dart among fluid and interlaced grass stalks applied to hand-hammered sterling silver ground heightened with floral engraving and copper inlay. A superb integration of Japonesque and Craftsman. Interlaced script monogram engraved to underside. Hallmark includes pattern no.... Click for details

Beautiful hand-hammered sterling silver and mixed metal perfume. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Baluster with double-scroll side handles and threaded cover. Vertical stylized vegetation and darting insects (butterflies and dragonflies) applied to honeycomb ground. With chain for hanging on a lady’s chatelaine. A small-scale confluence of Japanese inspiration and Arts & Crafts technique. Hallmark includes pattern and order numbers, director’s letter M (1873-91), and phrase... Click for details

Japonesque Revival sterling silver and mixed metal picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co in New York, ca 1970. Rectangular window and flat surround with engraved bamboo and mixed metal appliques, including a dragonfly – a perennial symbol of the modish exoticism associated with Tiffany since the late 19th-century. With glass, silk lining, and laminate back and hinged support. For landscape (horizontal) display. Hallmark includes postwar pattern no. 26005/95. Very good condition.

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Sterling silver and mixed metal water pitcher. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1885. Globular body, straight neck, and c-scroll handle. Allover honeycomb hand hammering. Applied flowers, leafing tendrils, and butterflies. A restrained design with graceful plant and insect motifs. Hallmark includes pattern no. 3077 and phrase “Sterling silver and other metals”. Good condition.

Dimensions: H 7 3/8 x W 8 x D 5 1/2 in. Weight: 25 troy ounces. #BM963

Rare and understated hand-hammered sterling silver and mixed metal tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1879. Triangular with chamfered corners. Allover honeycomb hand hammering and acid-etched pea vine heightened with applied rose and yellow gold. Rests on 6 double c-scroll supports with scalloped mounts. Hallmark includes pattern no. 5579 (first made in 1879). Very good condition and patina.

Dimensions: H 1 x W 16 1/4 x D 14 7/8 in. Weight: 50 troy ounces. BM826

Hand-hammered and applied sterling silver coffee set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar.

Japonesque marine life heightened with gilt wash applied to honeycomb ground: fish and crabs swim between the swaying water plants. There are also jokey insects. A creepy-crawly alights on the sugar rim and the creamer handle has a bug "cap".

Coffeepot and creamer conical with scroll bracket handle. Sugar has loose ring handles. Creamer and... Click for details

Magnificent Tiffany & Co Sterling and Mixed Metal bachelor coffee pot. This is one of the finest quality Mixed Metals objects we have owned. This piece is museum quality. The whole pot has a matte/butler finish on the surface. The handle has ivory insulators with a unique pierced design. The cover is hinged and has a fine Jade finial. The sides and cover of the pieces has applied silver, copper and gold. With handle facing right, the first side is decorated with applied silver vines, tendrils... Click for details

A wonderful Tiffany sterling silver and other metals grape shears. The grape shears of curved form, hammered all over front and back, with applied silver, and cooper pieces. A copper beetle is mounted right behind the cutting blades, applied silver leaves and tendrils wrapped around the handles on the front and back, and a really great beetle mounted near the handles with applied silver legs and 9 inset cooper spots on the back of the beetle (great mixed metal work and design). Fully... Click for details

This sterling silver and mixed metals Berry Spoon by Tiffany & Co. is one of the best examples of a piece of flatware made in the Japanese taste we have ever seen. The bowl is silver gilt, the handle is hand hammered and applied with a ladybug and grapevine inlaid with copper, and the back of the handle is inlaid with copper and is applied with a gold blossom. The spoon is marked Tiffany & Co., pat. 1880, sterling silver pat 1880 (overstruck with “m”) and other metals, 910. The 910 is an... Click for details