AN AMERICAN SILVER AND JADE MINIATURE TEAPOT, TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1879

AN AMERICAN SILVER AND JADE MINIATURE TEAPOT, TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1879

Japanese style with spot-hammered surface, the body applied with a beetle, maple leaves, and maple pod, the cover applied with a small beetle and engraved "1865 / Dec. 5th / 1890", with a carved jade finial, the fixed handle applied with a maple pod, the base with script monogram MEC

marked on base and numbered 5356-535, the rim of body and cover with French import mark

8 oz gross

249 g

height 5 in.

12.7 cm