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Tea Set
Described in firm records as "Moresque," this tea set is one of the earliest examples of Tiffany silver in a Near Eastern or Islamic style. Moore’s interest in "Moresque" and Persian designs had been evident as early as 1865. On several pages of his personal sketchbook, he depicted spiky vegetal scrolls resembling the engraved decoration and openwork seen here. An Afghan jug in his collection, displayed nearby, with contrasting gold and silver hues, interlaced arabesques, and an S-shaped handle terminating in an openwork scroll, resonates with the tea set, whose pointed ornamentation also evokes the prunts on Moore’s glass. Either this set or one like it was exhibited at the 1867 Paris Exposition, where Tiffany won a bronze medal.
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