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Albert A. Southwick and Tiffany & Company

Child’s Plate

1899-1909

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Child’s Plate

Albert A. Southwick and Tiffany & Company

Child’s Plate

Child’s Plate

1899-1909

Physical Qualities Sterling silver, 8 1/8 × 8 1/8 × 5/8 in. (20.6 × 20.6 × 1.6 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Michael and Anis Merson
Object Number 2012.209.2
Decorated with scenes from popular nursery rhymes, this extravagant breakfast set for a privileged child was designed by Albert Southwick, an American who encountered the Art Nouveau movement while studying in Paris in 1898. Southwick used the sinuous vegetation and signature whiplash curves of Art Nouveau to create a framework for the nursery rhyme characters.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2012; Firestone and Parson, Boston, MA; Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore, MD
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2022
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025

Markings: On base: plate numbered "15501-5947"; stamped "TIFFANY & CO" "STERLING SILVER" also 92?-1000 C

Designer

Albert A. Southwick

1871–1959

American, 1872-1960
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Manufacturer

Tiffany & Company

1836–2000

1837-present
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