Sold for:
$5,100
$5,100
Tiffany & Co. Japanesque Sterling Silver Tea Kettle on Stand, New York, c. 1870-75, squat kettle with gadrooned urn-form finial, handle with ivory heat stops, body decorated with a variety of motifs including cherry branches and blossoms, bands of geometric brocade designs, insects, a crane, a portrait head of a samurai, and a central scene of three figures surrounding a cooking fire; kettle stand with ivory knob to latch kettle in place, decorated with leafy branches and raised on four legs with applied decoration to knee terminating in claw feet, with burner, total ht. to handle 10 1/2 in., approx. 35.3 troy oz.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-04-06
