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Reference: S11364
Period: Victorian
Year: 1880-1934
Silversmith: Tiffany & Co
Place: New York
Price: $ 1 300.00
Weight: 352 grams
Dimensions: 31.5 cm
Condition: Excellent, no engraving.
Description: A fabulous Tiffany Sterling silver Indian Chrysanthemum soup ladle, in excellent condition, it does not appear to have seen much use. The pattern is truly beautiful, double struck on both sides, with a vacant cartouche for initials or a family crest (this has never been engraved). The bowl is also fluted and has a scalloped edge. The soup ladle is clearly hallmarked "TIFFANY & Co STERLING PAT.1880.M, the M indicates this is an early piece (the pattern was produced from 1880-1934). This must be one of the most beautiful example of hallmarks, with the design wrapping over and through the hallmarks. The soup ladle weighs over 350 grams, so quite hefty to hold, needless to say the quality is excellent. Indian Chrysanthemum has been described as "one of the most magnificent and celebrated sterling silver designs of the 19th century. Chrysanthemum represents one of the last great designs of the Victorian period" -(www.replacements.com), it was designed by Charles Grosjean. "Master silversmith Charles T. Grosjean joined the Tiffany firm as the Superintendent of Silverware and during his lifetime was widely considered among the most talented silver designers in the world. Along with Tiffany silversmith Edward C. Moore, Grosjean was largely responsible for Tiffany & Co.'s emergence as the world leader in the production of fine silver wares" - MS Rau, www.rauantiques.com). William Hood, author of the book "Tiffany Flatware", notes that the pattern "portrays Chrysanthemum indicum, a species of the flower thought originally to be native to India but discovered later to be from China and Japan, being merely transhipped through Calcutta to the West. The word "Indian" was dropped from the pattern name sometime before 1905" (www.smpub.com). This pattern was expensive when introduced by Tiffany, largely due to it's weight, and the fact it required extensive handwork to produce. An interesting snippet, in 1914 the US Congress commissioned Tiffany to produce a tea set in Tiffany Chrysanthemum, it was presented to President Woodrow Wilson's daughter on the occasion of her marriage (www.rauantiques.com for the story and pictures of this set).
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