Coffee service Designer: Albert Angell Southwick (American, 1872–1960)
Manufacturer: Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837)

1907–17

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Sterling silver, ivory

Dimensions

5 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (14.4 × 6.8 cm)
other (Lid): 1 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (2.9 × 5.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Scudder Black in memory of Henry Scudder, B.A. 1917

Accession Number

1977.34a-d

Geography

Manufactured in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Dorothy Weeks Scudder Black, West Hartford, Conn.; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1977
Bibliography
  • Wendy Kaplan, The Art that is Life, exh. cat. (Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1987), 284-85, no. 147, ill
  • Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 183, no. 191, ill
  • "Acquisitions 1977," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 37, no. 1 (Fall 1978), 73
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coffee services

Marks

"TIFFANY & Co (the "o" superscript underlined)/ 16968 Makers 7570/ STERLING SILVER [Roman]/ 925-1000/ M [with pointed arches]/ Special Hand Work" and "1 1/2 PINTS" incuse at opposite sides on underside of coffee pot.\r\n\r\n"TIFFANY & Co (the "o" superscript underlined)/ 16968 MAKERS 6584/ STERLING SILVER [Roman]/ 925-1000/ M [with pointed arches]/ SPECIAL HAND WORK" and "2 GILLS" incuse at oposite sides of the underside of the sugar bowl.\r\n\r\n"TIFFANY & Co (the "o" superscript underlined)/ 16968 MAKERS 1008/ STERLING SILVER [Roman]/ 925-1000/ M [with pointed arches]/ " and "1 1/2 GILLS" [Roman] incuse at oposite sides of the underside of the sugar bowl.\r\n\r\n"TIFFANY & Co (the "o" superscript underlined)/ 16968 MAKERS 8396/ STERLING SILVER [Roman]/ 925-1000/ M [with pointed arches]/ [a dot centered under the M] incuse on the underside of the tray.

Inscriptions

"DWS" engraved on the sides of each vessel and in the center of the tray, the "D" within the top curl of the "S" and the "W" within the bottom curl.

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