Chrysanthemum pattern silver flatware service, Tiffany & Co., Circa 1890

handles monogrammed CMB, some pieces parcel-gilt (pg), comprising:
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
24 lunch knives
24 lunch forks
12 fish knives
12 fish forks
12 dessert forks (pg)
12 fruit knives (pg)
11 butter spreaders
12 oyster forks
10 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
4 tablespoons
12 soup spoons
12 coffee spoons (pg)
12 ice cream spoons (pg)
12 sorbet spoons (pg)
4 salt spoons (pg)
2-piece fish serving set
2-piece salad serving set (pg)
2 serving spoons
1 asparagus tongs
1 punch ladle
1 gravy ladle
1 cream ladle (pg)
2 mustard ladles (small and large) (pg)
1 pastry server (pg)
1 ice cream slice (pg)
1 berry spoon (pg)
1 jelly spoon (pg)
1 preserve spoon (pg)
2 master butter knives
2 butter picks
1 olive fork (pg)
1 olive spoon (pg)
1 sugar spoon (pg)
1 sugar sifter (pg)
246 pieces, in original fitted Tiffany Vermilion mahogany case. Together with another tablespoon by Wallace.

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, January 21, 2005, lot 329

1 butter knife with disposal damage to blade; dinner knives with blades starting to rust at edges; missing 1 butter spreader, 2 teaspoons, and 1 gap in case- appears to have been for sugar tongs
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Charles T. Grosjean, a second generation New York silversmith who joined Tiffany & Co. in 1868 at the age of 27, was the designer behind the popular Chrysanthemum pattern flatware service. Early examples were shown at the Paris Exposition of 1878, but the pattern was patented and officially introduced in 1880. As one of Tiffany's most popular and expensive patterns, it was adapted for use in hollow ware patterns, which can be seen in the punch bowl and candlesticks also offered in Lots 73 and 74. A quintessential Tiffany pattern, the flatware is still in production today.

The chrysanthemum was a favorite motif throughout the Gilded Age, largely due to the influence of Japanese art. In the collection of the Museum of the City of New York, a Chrysanthemum pattern candelabrum, compote, vegetable dish, sauce boat, stand and ladle are included in their ongoing exhibition Gilded New York. This group was originally part of a dining service of 165 pieces given as a wedding gift to Daisy Beard upon her marriage to John H. Schults, Jr. in 1890. The wedding merged two of Brooklyn's most successful families, and it was written in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle that "It is doubtful if a more magnificent display of presents have ever been seen in Brooklyn."