Ivory-Handled Porringer from Child's Four-Piece Table Service

Manufacturer Tiffany & Co. (American, 1907-1933)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1907

MediumSilver | Ivory

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (5.1 x 22.2 x 14 cm)

InscribedInside monogrammed with initials: F.A.V. Jr. (Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr.). Inscribed on reverse: "From James Stillman/April 5th 1907". Hallmarks (struck on bottom): TIFFANY & CO. (maker's mark); 1550 2 MAKERS 5947 (pattern and order numbers); STERLING SILVER/925-1000 (silver standard); C (initial of Charles T. Cook, president of the company, 1902-7).

Credit LineGift of Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr.

Object number76.52.8

Not on view

DescriptionPorringer of heavy silver with an ivory handle. The outside divided into reserves by trees or vines in the Art Nouveau style. Within the reserves are vignettes illustrating a nursery rhyme ("Tom Tom the Piper's Son"). This is part of a child's four-piece table service, which also includes a plate, bowl, and underplate for bowl.

Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table: Silver from the Chrysler Museum", 6/15-8/6/89 "Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor", Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, 6 November 1994 to 29 January 1995; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 12 March to 22 May 1995; the Milwaukee Art Museum, WI, 13 June to 13 August 1995; and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE, 9 September 1995 to 7 January 1996. Published ReferencesTREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM (NY: Hudson Hills Press, In Association with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum, 1989), Cat. No. 24, p. 66; Ill. No. 24, p. 67 (b/w). Charles L. Venable, SILVER IN AMERICA, 1840-1940: A CENTURY OF SPLENDOR (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1994), Ill. Fig. 6.20, p. 142; Fig. 6.20, p. 339. Illustrated in black and white.