Tiffany Silver Flatware 1845-1905 : When Dining Was an Art

Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine +. Quarto (11-1/4" x 8-3/4"). Indices. Color photo illustrated dust jacket with white spine lettered in gold, over gray cloth lettered in gilt. Profusely illustrated with photographs (almost all in color).

"Although the antique silver flatware of Tiffany & Co... is highly sought after, the collector has until now been frustrated by the lack of published information on the subject... This definitive book documents the history of the silver flatware produced under the Tiffany name. It includes flatware made by others but retailed by Tiffany as well as the flatware that was designed and made in-house. The story is woven into the broader fabric of the history of flatware in general and that of dining and selected food." "Based on extensive new research in the Tiffany Archives and many years of personal experience in collecting and dealing, this volume discusses and illustrates Tiffany-made full-line patterns (plus variations), numerous not-full-line patterns and custom patterns. Detailed descriptions and specially commissioned photographs document the extraordinary creativity and craftsmanship that distinguished much of Tiffany & Co.'s prolific Victorian flatware production."-- BOOK JACKET

Contents: Pt. I. Silver Flatware Retailed by Tiffany, 1845-c.1876 -- Ch. 1. Flatware made by Polhamus, Hebbard, Gorham, Moore and others -- Pt. II. Silver Flatware Introduced by Tiffany, 1869-1905 -- Ch. 2. Names, Pieces, Weights, Parts, Patterns -- Ch. 3. Place Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 4. Serving Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 5. Standard Patterns: Era of Edward C. Moore -- Ch. 6. Standard Patterns: Era of Charles T. Grosjean -- Ch. 7. Standard Patterns: Era of Paulding Farnham -- Ch. 8. Not-full-line Patterns -- Ch. 9. Custom Patterns. App. A. Flatware Terminology -- App. B. Glossary of Other Technical Terms as Related to Silverware -- App. C. Tiffany Flatware Markings -- App. D. A Tiffany Chronology: 1837-1997. (OCLC).