Underplate for Bowl from Child's Four-Piece Table Service
Manufacturer
Tiffany & Co.
(American, 1907-1933)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1907
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (1.3 x 17.5 cm)
InscribedEngraved on face side with initials "FAV Jr." (Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr.). Inscribed (on reverse) "From James Stillman/April 5, 1907". Hallmarks, struck on bottom: TIFFANY & CO.; 15499 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 number76.52.11
Not on view
DescriptionPlate or stand for bowl. The rim divided into reserves in the Art Nouveau style. Within the reserves are vignettes illustrating a nursery rhyme ("Four and Twenty Blackbirds"). . This underplate is for the bowl, from a child's four-piece table service.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.
