A MONUMENTAL SILVER-GILT AND CARVED IVORY TANKARD
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1901
A MONUMENTAL SILVER-GILT AND CARVED IVORY TANKARD** MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1901 The ivory tusk body, on lozenge-form silver-gilt base cast and chased with underbrush, set on four knobbed feet and with spiraling plant-form joins above tiger's heads at intervals, the silver-gilt handle with spiraled beading and scrolling rosette-studded joins, the silver-gilt rim mount with foliate sprays and a scrolling drop join at center, with beak-form lip, the lobed cover hinged, the dome with multi-lobed studs, centering a squat lobed finial; the ivory finely carved with a tiger charging towards mother and child and hunters aiming at the animal with rifle and spears, the background carved with lush foliage and architectural detail, marked under foot, also marked 14266/2510 This tankard is described in the Tiffany pattern book as "Tiffany Ivory Tusk E. Ind." with a silver weight of "209.9 ozt." 26 in. high
A MONUMENTAL SILVER-GILT AND CARVED IVORY TANKARD
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1901
A MONUMENTAL SILVER-GILT AND CARVED IVORY TANKARD** MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1901 The ivory tusk body, on lozenge-form silver-gilt base cast and chased with underbrush, set on four knobbed feet and with spiraling plant-form joins above tiger's heads at intervals, the silver-gilt handle with spiraled beading and scrolling rosette-studded joins, the silver-gilt rim mount with foliate sprays and a scrolling drop join at center, with beak-form lip, the lobed cover hinged, the dome with multi-lobed studs, centering a squat lobed finial; the ivory finely carved with a tiger charging towards mother and child and hunters aiming at the animal with rifle and spears, the background carved with lush foliage and architectural detail, marked under foot, also marked 14266/2510 This tankard is described in the Tiffany pattern book as "Tiffany Ivory Tusk E. Ind." with a silver weight of "209.9 ozt." 26 in. high
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