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Teapot
Moore may have designed this gourd-shaped teapot personally; a note on its blueprint designates it "ECM Special." The lobed form resembles a Chinese lacquer box shaped like a plum blossom on view behind you, while its acid-etched vine and bird decoration combines Asian and Celtic sources. Kamon—emblems that identify Japanese families or regions, and a common motif in Tiffany’s East Asian–inspired works—float among the vines. Produced at a cost of $100, this teapot displays the first of three design schemes Tiffany developed for the same form between 1880 and 1908. A fourth version, with each lobe bearing the inscribed name of one of Moore’s children, was passed down in his family.
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