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Tea and Coffee Set

Tiffany & Co.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199


Listed as "Tea Set Greek" in Tiffany records, this service reveals Moore’s early engagement with Greek and Roman art. His extensive collection of objects and publications documenting ancient ceramics included an illustrated 1848 book titled Ancient Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield. For the engraved patterns on the lids, necks, rims, and bases of this set, Moore reinterpreted the decorations of vessels documented in that volume. The figural frieze on the body of each piece here recalls not only scenes on Englefield’s objects but also vignettes ornamenting vases from Moore’s collection.

Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, silver gilt, and ivory, American

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Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, silver gilt, and ivory, American
Tea and Coffee Set, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Silver, silver gilt, and ivory, American

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