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Tiffany & Company

Ice Bowl

Designed 1877

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Tiffany & Company

Ice Bowl

Designed 1877

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

Inscribed: Engrave monogram "EK" monogram underneath the base

Markings: On bottom: Tiffany & Co/Sterling-Silver/4780 M 7606 (indicating an 1877 design date)

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