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Tea Caddy
The whirling dogwood blossoms decorating this tea caddy were executed with a metalsmithing technique known as "pearling." The method is associated with the silversmith and designer Charles Osborne, who came to Tiffany expressly to be mentored by Moore. The spirals of graduated spherical dots were inspired by ornamentation on works in Moore’s collection; as you look around these galleries, you will notice a variety of similar spiraled motifs. A stock shape described in firm records as "Round Squatty," this caddy was produced in more than fifty different design variations between 1877 and 1894.
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