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Tazza
Manufactured by: Tiffany & Co. (American, active 1837 - present)
1872
Medium/Technique
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 10.2 x 30.2 x 30.2 cm (4 x 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth C. Heide and family
Accession Number2005.1129
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
DescriptionCircular form (weighted base) with rope-turned border and ten-pointed star in well with entwined Gothic monogram and banner with wedding anniversary dates "1822/1872" for Roswell Gleason and his wife Rebecca Tucker Vose Gleason.
Marks
Stamped on top of domed foot "TIFFANY & Co. Union Square"
ProvenanceAccording to family tradition, this was given by the workmen in the Gleason factory to Roswell Gleason and his wife, Rebecca Tucker Vose Gleason, on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1872; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Campbell; to their daughter, the donor.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.