Object Number 1970.1039.005

Object Name

Pitcher (Water pitcher)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Tiffany & Company (Makers)
1837-Present
Tiffany & Co. was founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young as Tiffany & Young in New York City in 1837. It became known as Tiffany & Co. in 1853. The manufacturer was John Moore, who started the manufacture of silverware in 1827. The relationship between Moore and Tiffany & Co. continued even when Tiffany was incorporated in 1868. (Darling, New York State Silversmiths, p. 176; Turner, American Silver Flatware, p. 22)

Edward Chandler Moore (Designer)
1827-1891

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1874

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Body, underside; "TIFFANY & CO." in Roman letters in an arched rectangular surround, stamped
2. Mark; Body, underside; "UNION SQUARE" in Roman letters in an arched rectangular surround, stamped
3. Mark; Body, underside; "QUALITY/ 925 1000" in a rectangle, stamped
4. Mark; Body, underside; "M" Old English gothic letter in an oval, stamped
5. Mark; Body, underside; "1653" and "2852" stamped incuse
6. Inscription; Body, proper right side; "MPF" in foliated script, engraved
7. Inscription; Body, underside; "1874" in script, engraved

Subjects

Marriage

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

8.701 (H) , 7.598 (L) , 6.654 (W) , 32.8753 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.1 (H) , 19.3 (L) , 16.9 (W) , 932 (Weight)

Measurement Notes

Weight as recorded in Quimby: 29 ounces 16 pennyweight 8 grains troy (927.4 grams) XRF analysis is recorded in Quimby, p. 302.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Carpenter, Charles H. & Carpenter, Mary Grace. 1978 Tiffany Silver.
• Fig. 29 and 69, pp. 71, 72, and p. 234ff
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 301-302, no. 272
[Book] Darling, Herbert. 1964 New York State Silversmiths. 228 p.
• Information on Tiffany & Co. and example marks, p. 176
[Book] Turner, Noel D. 1972 American Silver Flatware 1837-1910. 473 p.
• Information on Tiffany & Co., pp. 22, 329
[Book] Turner, Noel D. 1972 American Silver Flatware 1837-1910. 473 p.
• Information about the pattern and John Polhemus, pp. 67, 105, 294, 326