Live Auction 2091Important American Silver
A FINE PATINATED COPPER AND SILVER TEA CADDY
Lot 68 PROPERTY FROM A PERSONAL COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SILVER

A FINE PATINATED COPPER AND SILVER TEA CADDY

DESIGNED BY EDWARD C. MOORE, MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1877

Closed17 January 2008

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A FINE PATINATED COPPER AND SILVER TEA CADDY
DESIGNED BY EDWARD C. MOORE, MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1877
Ginger-jar form, the surface applied with silver seaweed and fish, the neck of silver, the cover inlaid with silver netting, the interior gilt, with silver inner cap, marked under base, also marked 5246/94
4 7/8 in. high; 8 oz. 10 dwt. gross weight

Specialist note

Edward C. Moore drew inspiration from the works of Katsushika Hokusai's Manga for his designs in the Japanesque taste. He purchased several copies of the work, two of which remain today in the Tiffany Archives. This applied fish appears on other Tiffany silver, including a flask illustrated in John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, illus. p. 45.