Lot 35
  • 35

An American Silver Eleven-Piece Dresser Set, Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1889

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • length of mirror 10 3/4in. (27.2cm)
comprising: hand mirror, powder box, hair brush, two clothes brushes, clothes whisk, gloves stretcher, oblong box, shoehorn, and nail buffer and tray, each with traces of gilding, chased with lion's masks, scrolling foliage and festoons, all engraved with monogram LTH in oval reserve, the powder box engraved on base "Louise T. Hartshorne Christmas 1889."  Together with a smaller shorehorn engraved MMcJL?, S. Kirk & Son Co., Baltimore, 12 pieces total

Condition

the backing of mirror glass worn, dent to clothes wisk handle but not through, as noted re gilding, otherwise good condition
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