Plate from Child's Four-Piece Table Service
Manufacturer
Tiffany & Co.
(American, 1907-1933)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1907
MediumSilver
Dimensions3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (1 × 20.6 cm)
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
InscribedFace monogrammed with initials "FAV Jr" (Frank A. Vanderlip Jr.). Inscribed on reverse: "From James Stillman/April 5th 1907". Hallmarks struck on bottom: TIFFANY & CO; 1550 1 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 number76.52.9
Not on view
DescriptionPlate of heavy silver. The rim divided into reserves by trees or vines in the Art Nouveau style. Within the reserves are vignettes (in high relief) illustrating a nursery rhyme ("Little Red Riding Hood"). This plate if from a child's four-piece table service which also includes an ivory-handled porringer, 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.
