Object Number 1970.1441

Object Name

Tool (for needlework) (Chatelaine)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Tiffany & Company (Manufacturer and seller)
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

Origin Notes

The applied mixed-metal decorative plate may be Japanese, per comments by Tiffany scholar Janet Zapata, 2008.

Date

1870-1875

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Belt hook, exterior; "TIFFANY & Co." stamped incuse
2. Mark; Belt hook, exterior; "3047" stamped incuse
3. Mark; Belt hook, exterior; "STERLING" stamped incuse
4. Mark; Belt hook, exterior; "1320" stamped incuse
5. Mark; Belt hook, exterior; "UNION-SQUARE" stamped incuse
6. Mark; Belt hook, exterior; "M" in Gothic script inside an oval, stamped incuse

Materials

Silver; Gold; Copper; Iron; Velvet; Ivory

Techniques

Electroplating, Engine-turned

Dimensions (inches)

9.331 (L) , 3.15 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.7 (L) , 8 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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] Fales, Martha Gandy. Jewelry in America.
• Similar object: Colour plate 210, p. 355