AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED METALS CUP AND SAUCER IN THE JAPANESE MANNER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, EDWARD C. MOORE PERIOD, 1869/91, ALSO WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK
The hammered surfaces applied with butterflies in silver, gold, copper and a shakudo-style alloy, the saucer further decorated in copper with occasional scattered pebbles, both pieces inscribed under bases M.T.de S. 1880, both stamped Sterling Silver and other metals
Cup 3½ in. high (9 cm.), saucer 7 in. diameter (18 cm.)
14.5 oz. (450 gm.) (2)
AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED METALS CUP AND SAUCER IN THE JAPANESE MANNER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, EDWARD C. MOORE PERIOD, 1869/91, ALSO WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK
The hammered surfaces applied with butterflies in silver, gold, copper and a shakudo-style alloy, the saucer further decorated in copper with occasional scattered pebbles, both pieces inscribed under bases M.T.de S. 1880, both stamped Sterling Silver and other metals
Cup 3½ in. high (9 cm.), saucer 7 in. diameter (18 cm.)
14.5 oz. (450 gm.) (2)
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