A Tiffany & Co. Silver Japanesque Centerpiece Bowl with Berry and Grasshopper Motifs, New York, New York, circa 1858. Marks:...

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A Tiffany & Co. Silver Japanesque Centerpiece Bowl with Berry and Grasshopper Motifs, New York, New York, circa 1858
Marks: TIFFANY & CO, ENGLISH STERLING, 925-1000, 550 BROADWAY NY, 269, 5, G
7-1/4 inches high x 8-1/2 inches diameter (18.4 x 21.6 cm)
24.7 troy ounces

The bowl with exquisite reeded and scalloped rim, engraved foliate tracery, repousséd bowl featuring leaf, berry, grasshopper, and insect motif throughout, on background of pebbled and scaled leaves, blank cartouche to obverse and reverse, rounded collar to standard, acanthus leaf repoussé work extending towards stepped base, shell and tracery to middle step, resting on scalloped reeded base.

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