Sale 12BE01 | Lot 192

Assembled Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Partial Flatware Service

Catalogue: Belle Epoque: 19th & 20th Century Decorative Arts
Assembled Tiffany and Co. Sterling Silver Partial Flatware Service

Lot Details

Lot 192
Assembled Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Partial Flatware Service
19th Century
In the Vine pattern, comprising eight dinner forks (wheat), six luncheon forks (daisy), eleven dessert spoons (raspberry), nine teaspoons (gourd), four vegetable serving spoons (grapevine), and a soup ladle (tomato); Together with a Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Asparagus Server. In the Wave Edge pattern, mahogany fitted case. Total approximately 82 ounces.
Provenance:
Estelle M. Mulqueen
By descent to her daughter

According to the family, this flatware service was owned by Estelle M. Mulqueen (1893-1970), daughter of Michael J. Mulqueen (1855-1924), a prominent figure in New York politics and Irish American society, and his wife, the former Mary Gilroy (1866-1938), whose father was the Honorable Thomas F. Gilroy (1839-1911), Mayor of New York City from 1893-94


Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Sold for $11,250 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Each appears to be in good condition; the luncheon forks and the asparagus server are not monogrammed; the other items have an "M.G." monogram; the ladle is slightly different (possibly earlier) than the other "M.G." monograms; scuff marks to the case.


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Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Sold for $11,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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Belle Epoque: 19th & 20th Century Decorative Arts

Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 10am EST
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