Two American Parcel-Gilt Silver American Indian Style Soup Spoons, Tiffany & Co., New York, After Designs By Charles Grosjean, circa 1895

one spoon with with "Discovery Dance" terminal, the other with "Begger Dance" terminal, both with shaped handles with gilt diamonds, the back of the bowl with stylized gilt sunbursts

William Randolph Hearst
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, sold
Probably Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Nov. 7, 1975

Begger Dance spoons with some salt stains to bowl, otherwise very good condition, decoration crisp
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Charles Grosjean designed in 1885 a group of "Indian Spoons", adapted from George Catlin's images of Native Americans; the series had relief terminals that were flat on the back and bowls decorated with geometric designs.  A decade later, Grosjean's designs were used as the bases for a private flatware pattern for William Randolph Hearst of over 300 pieces.  The Hearst items repeated the earlier terminals, but with different shafts and undecorated bowls (see William P. Hood, Jr., Roslyn Berlin, and Edward Wawrynek, Tiffany Silver Flatware, pp. 259-261 and 300-301).