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A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN SILVER DESSERT PLATES
Lot 1033

A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN SILVER DESSERT PLATES

MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., CIRCA 1900, STRUCK WITH THE MARKS FOR THE EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1900 AND THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO 1901

Closed22 May 2014

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A SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN SILVER DESSERT PLATES
MARK OF TIFFANY AND CO., CIRCA 1900, STRUCK WITH THE MARKS FOR THE EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1900 AND THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO 1901
Each circular with rope-work rims surrounding borders with entwined husk garlands issuing from cornucopia, a vacant oval cartouche to each side, the centres engraved with flower-heads, marked on reverse
9 in. (22.3 cm.) diam.
250 oz. 2 dwt. (7,800 gr.)

Specialist note

The present lot was among several exhibition pieces specifically made for the Exposition Universelle in Paris and the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. The latter would be the last for Charles Lewis Tiffany; he died in 1902.