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Four-piece coffee service: Coffeepot, creamer, sugar bowl, and tray
Tiffany & Co. (American, active 1837–present)
designed 1934
Object Place: New York, New York
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Coffeepot: H. 10 1/2 in.; w. 6 in. d. 2 /34 in.
Creamer: H. 2 7/8 in.; w. 4 3/8 in.; d. 2 3/4 in.
Sugar bowl (No lid): H. 2 7/8 in.; w. 4 3/8 in.; d. 2 3/4 in.
Tray: L. 12 1/4 in.; d. 4 3/4 in.; h. 7/8 in.
Creamer: H. 2 7/8 in.; w. 4 3/8 in.; d. 2 3/4 in.
Sugar bowl (No lid): H. 2 7/8 in.; w. 4 3/8 in.; d. 2 3/4 in.
Tray: L. 12 1/4 in.; d. 4 3/4 in.; h. 7/8 in.
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1253.1-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
On coffeepot, marked on base: "TIFFANY & Co / 22190 MAKERS 5602 / STERLING SILVER / 925-1000 / M" Scratched next to M: "4530." Stamped at opposite end of base, "1 1/2 pints"
InscriptionsExaggerated, art deco style "F." engraved on each end of tray.
ProvenanceDecember 4, 1989, sold by "JEI Gemological Laboratory" via Janet Zapata of Short Hills, New Jersey, to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)