TIFFANY SET OF STERLING SILVER DISHES:1900 PARIS EXPOSITION

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EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS: THREE TIFFANY STERLING SILVER DISHES
PRESENTED IS AN IMPORTANT SET OF THREE TIFFANY & Co. STERLING SILVER DISHES MADE FOR AND EXHIBITED
AT THE 1900 PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION;
DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM, THE DISHES WERE PART OF A 110 PIECE "GRAND SERVICE" DEBUTED BY TIFFANY AT THE EXPOSITION
;
ALL PIECES WERE EXECUTED IN "GEORGE III" STYLE WITH FESTOONED DECORATION;
THE GOLD-WINNING  DISPLAY AT THE EXPOSITION USHERED IN A NEW PHASE OF DESIGN AT TIFFANY WITH
FARNHAM A
S THE GENIUS
TO CONTINUE TIFFANY'S TRADITION  OF GROUNDBREAKING DESIGN
;
EACH DISH IS ROUND SHAPED WITH  APPLIED LOBED RIM AND RUNNING FESTOON BORDER,
THE ENDS WITH BEADED MEDALLIONS;
EACH ENGRAVED WITH AN INITIAL;
EXCELLENT CONDITION SAVE FOR THE EXPECTED AGE-WEAR AND SOFT LINES FROM GENTLE USE;
TWO DISHES SLIGHTLY LARGER WITH A LENGTH OF 15" BETWEEN THE TWO ENDS OF THE MEDALLIONS AND MARKED:
TIFFANY & CO.
13927 MAKERS 1273
STERLING SILVER
925-1000
THE 1900 EXPO MARK
14";
THE SMALLER DISH MEASURING 14" BETWEEN THE TWO ENDS OF MEDALLIONS IS MARKED:
TIFFANY & CO.
13927 MAKERS 1272
STERLING SILVER
925-1000
THE  1900 EXPO MARK
13";
TOTAL WEIGHT:  122.72 STANDARD OUNCES, 111.82 TROY OUNCES
(3,479 GRAMS )
AN APPROXIMATION ON THE PROVENANCE:
WE BELIEVE THE MONOGRAM IS THAT OF THE GARRETT FAMILY OF BALTIMORE; AND, THAT THE PRESENT SET WAS PART OF A COLLECTION OF THE SERVICE AT THE EVERGREEN HOUSE THAT WAS SOLD BY SOTHEBY, PARKE, BERNETE IN 1975. THE CENTERPIECE FROM THE SERVICE IS NOW AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART.
positive feedback comment.
Months, if not years, later the purchaser decides to have the item appraised. It would be then that he/she finds out about the actual provenance of the item: an auction house whose description of the item explicitly mentions "bearing questionable marks" for a Faberge work-master.
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