ALBERT BARNEY (? -1955) American
JOHN C. MOORE  (1907-1947)  New York
TIFFANY & COMPANY  (1868-)  New York

“Century Modern” chocolate or demitasse pot   1936

Handwrought sterling silver, fiber handle and finial

Stamped: TIFFANY & Co. MAKERS, 22172 (pattern/date system number), 5244(order number), STERLING SILVER, 925-1000, m (John C. Moore, designer), 5 GILLS

For a related modernist service and information about  Century Modern silver exhibited at the 1939 New York World’s Fair see: Tiffany Silver, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978) pp. 256, 259-261

For more information see: Tiffany Silver, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978) pp. 256, 259-261; Modernism:  Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England:  The Antique Collector’s Club, 1998), p. 240.

H: 8″ x W: 5″ x D: 3 1/4″