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Tea and Coffee Set

Tiffany & Co.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199


Like many other objects shown at the 1878 Paris Exposition, this set exhibits the firm’s mixed-metal decoration: mokume gourds and butterflies appear with details in copper, brass, and other alloys. Surviving records suggest that this design was inspired by a Japanese object ornamented with entangled vines, small gourds, and insects that Moore brought to the workshop. The works from his collection on display in this gallery feature a wealth of similar natural imagery that may well have informed the decorative scheme. It proved immensely popular at the fair; a version of this set sold just six days after the event opened.

Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American

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Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, copper, brass, copper-gold-silver alloys, silver-gilt, and ivory, American

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