Tiffany & Company
Ice Bowl
1876
Scroll
Tiffany & Company
Ice Bowl
1876
Physical Qualities
Silver, 5 × 7 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (12.7 × 18.7 × 18.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing
Object Number
2014.70
Perhaps imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This striking New-York-made ice bowl purposefully imitates the repoussé style for which two Baltimore silversmiths, Samuel Kirk and Andrew Ellicott Warner, were renowned. The capacious bowl held the ice. A pierced liner at the bottom of the bowl let water from melted ice pass through into the wide splayed foot, which is actually a hollow receptacle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2015; Spencer Marks, MA
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
Inscribed: Engrave monogram "EK" monogram underneath the base
Markings: On bottom: Tiffany & Co/Sterling-Silver/4780 M 7606 (indicating an 1877 design date)
On View at the BMA
