Collection Online as of December 4, 2023

Coffee Pot

c. 1879

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manufacturer

Tiffany & Co.

(American, New York, est. 1837)

America, New York, 19th century

Silver inlaid with copper and gold, ivory

Overall: 21.5 x 12.6 cm (8 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1975.114.1.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

engraved: E.J.W.B./from/A.M./Xmas 1879. (The A.M. may refer to Alfred Morrison, a wealthy man who supported contemporary decorative arts by collecting them for his London house.)

Provenance

(The Fine Arts Society, Ltd., London).

Citations

Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 154