Whiting American Sterling Koi Theme "Japonisme" Serving Bowl and Servers c.1880
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Whiting American Sterling Koi Theme “Japonisme” Serving Bowl and Servers c.1880
WHITING MANUFACTURING CO. North Attleboro, MA
“Koi” serving bowl with matching servers c. 1880
Sterling silver serving bowl and matching servers with applications of Koi fish behind nets, gilt interior
Marks: on base: lion with W in oval (manufacturer’s insignia), STERLING, 2124A, J.E. CALDWELL & CO. (retailer)
H: 4 3/8″ x Dia: 9 3/4″
In 1840 Albert Tifft and William Whiting started their business in North Attleboro, MA as a jewelry manufacturing company and then in 1866 created the Whiting Mfg. Co. and expanded production into small holloware as well. The Gorham Company bought Whiting in 1926 and all operations were then moved to Providence, R.I.
Archibald Knox / Liberty & Co. Clutha bowl on tri-leg Tudric stand c. 1902
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) UK
LIBERTY & CO. London
JAMES COUPER & SONS Glasgow
Clutha bowl on tri-leg stand c. 1902
Clutha glass with inclusions of aventurine streaks and bubbles, polished tri-leg Tudric pewter stand.
Marks: Tudric, 0276
Illustrated: Liberty’s 1875-1975, An Exhibition to mark the Firm’s Centenary (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1975), p. 89, number D 250 A; The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., A.J. Tilbrook (London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976), p. 114; Liberty Style, The Classic Years: 1898-1910, Mervyn Levy (New York: Rizzoli, 1986), p. 31; Archibald Knox, ed. by Stephen A. Martin (London: Academy Editions, 1995), p. 96.
Dominick & Haff New York Grand Sterling “Grape” Theme Centerpiece Bowl 1883
DOMINICK & HAFF (active 1872-1928) USA
W. H. GLENNY & SONS CO. (retailer, New York City)
Impressive Grape and Vine centerpiece bowl 1883
An exceptional and impressive sterling hand wrought “Grape” theme centerpiece bowl by Dominick and Haff (active 1872-1928) , 1883 and retailed by W. H. Glenny & Sons Co. (retailer, New York City)
Elaborate hand hammered, chased and repousse sterling silver bowl with applied grape branch handles and very deep three dimensional hand repousse grape clusters, leaves and vines, all against a background of graduating honey comb pattern hammer tone marks, original lemon-yellow gold interior, approx. weight: 90 ounces
Marks: Dominick and Haff makers mark incorporating the date 1883, W. H. Glenny Sons & Co. (retailer), 355A, STERLING
H: 6 1/2″ x Dia: 18″
The New York silver firm known today as ‘Dominick & Haff’ originally began with the name ‘William Gale & Son’ in 1862. It went through a series of ownership and name changes to become Dominick & Corning in 1867, Gale and Corning in 1869, Gale Dominick & Haff in 1870 and Dominick & Haff in 1872. In 1929, Dominick & Haff was purchased by the silversmith/ manufacturing company of Reed & Barton of Taunton Massachusetts.
Tommi Parzinger, Sterling silver coffee pot with meandering floral and leaf design, ebony handle and finial detail c. 1938
TOMMI PARZINGER (1903-1972) Germany / USA
PETER ALBERT REIMES Silversmith (1900-1945) Germany / USA
Modernist Coffee pot c. 1938
Hand wrought sterling silver with meandering floral and leaf design, ebony handle and finial detail
Marks: Designed by Parzinger (in script), hand made, sterling (in script), P*R monogram (initials mark of Peter Reimes)
Model illustrated: LIFE Magazine November 20, 1939
For more information on Tommi Parzinger see: Town & Country, Vol. 54, “Counter Points”, December 1939, p. 31; Town & Country, Vol. 95, “Counter Points”, June 1940, p. 19; The Studio, 1938, “For the Table”, p.107-09; The Studio, 1942, “Tommi Parzinger, Designer of Modern Interiors and Silver”, p.37; Decorative Art, Studio Yearbook (London & New York: The Studio Publications, 1952-53), p. 98; Craft in the Machine Age, ed. Janet Kardon (New York: American Craft Museum, 1995) p.128, 134, 183, 241, Arts and Decoration, June 1940
H: 9 ¼” x W: 6 ½” x D: 3 ¾”
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