Beschreibung:

An American Silver Compote and Water Pitcher, Tiffany & Co., New York / Lincoln & Foss, Boston, circa 1875 / circa 1856 the compote applied at rim with female masks flanked by pine branches and grapevine, the up-turned scroll handles decorated with anthemions and centered by flowerheads; the pitcher of baluster form with gadrooned neck engraved with leaves, the spout applied with an eagle on a branch staring at two serpents, scroll handle formed as an oak branch and applied with leaves and a lizard and with lion mask upper handle terminal, engraved below spout with presentation inscription compote marked on underside fo foot and numbered 3867-5079, pitcher marked on base length of compote over handles 10 1/4 in,, height of pitcher 10 5/8 in. 26cm, 27cm 54oz 15dwt 1704g