17th Oct, 2017 10:00 EDT
Silver & Russian Works of Art
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An American silver-gilt 'Strawberry' basket
Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1860
In the form of a wire or straw basket fully entwined with leafy fruiting strawberry foliage crisply modeled and carefully chased, above a similarly conceived socle and base with beaded and meander-patterned foot, the underside struck "Tiffany & C. Sterling" together with the pattern number 834 (with the 4 overstruck by a 3) and 8608 with the gothic lower case M for John C. Moore (1845-1868).
H: 4, Dia: 11in. Weight: 26 oz. t.
Provenance: Property of a New York silver collector.
Sold for $3,125
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
In the form of a wire or straw basket fully entwined with leafy fruiting strawberry foliage crisply modeled and carefully chased, above a similarly conceived socle and base with beaded and meander-patterned foot, the underside struck "Tiffany & C. Sterling" together with the pattern number 834 (with the 4 overstruck by a 3) and 8608 with the gothic lower case M for John C. Moore (1845-1868).
Provenance: Property of a New York silver collector.
