Lot 42
  • 42

An American Silver Art Nouveau "Nursery Rhymes" Three-piece Child's Set, Tiffany & Co., New York, designed by Albert A. Southwick, circa 1905

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases, the plate numbered 15501-5947, cup 15500-5947, porringer 15502-5947
  • Silver, African Elephant Ivory
  • diameter of plate 8in.
  • 20.3cm
comprising: a plate with border depicting scenes from The Little Red Riding Hood between whiplash scrolls, a matching cup depicting Old King Cole, and an ivory-handled porringer with Tom, Tom the Piper's Son

Condition

nice weight, very good condition, charming
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Catalogue Note

A plate and porringer in this pattern are in the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, illustrated Charles Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, fig. 6.20, p. 142.  A mug of "King Cole" design was shown by John Loring in Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, p. 229.