c1940 TIFFANY & CO OF NY, LARGE SOLID SILVER PORRINGER, AFTER Z. BRIGDEN, BOSTON

Description

An exquisite and historically interesting sterling silver porringer bowl, of large proportions, designed by John C. Moore (1907-1947) for Tiffany & Co. of New York, circa 1940. 

The heavy silver porringer is presented in its original Tiffany & Co. branded cloth protection bag, to which is attached a hand written card tag reading:

'Porringer Reproduction 

Original by Zachariah Brigden Boston 1734-1787

Original in the Clearwater Collection 

Metropolitan Museum of Art'.

No personalisation or engravings to the side of the bowl.

The underside is fully marked as follows:

TIFFANY & Co. MAKERS STERLING SILVER 925-1000

Pattern Numbers: 19161 and 9149

Maker's mark: M for John C. Moore

ORIGINAL IN THE CLEARWATER COLLECTION METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

REPRODUCTION ORIGINAL BY ZACHARIAH BRIGDEN BOSTON 1734-1787

3 3/4 GILLS

Background:

Zachariah Brigden was born on 21 December 1734, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, and apprenticed with Thomas Edwards. His father, Michael Brigden, was 36 and his mother, Winifred Sprague, was 34. He was probably free as a journeyman when his master died in 1755, and in 1759 married Edward’s daughter Sarah, who was the principal beneficiary of her father’s estate. His records, now archived in Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University, indicate that his shop employed 15 journeymen and apprentices, doing more business with repairs than in creation of new works. He died on 11 March 1787, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 52.

Dimensions:

Length (incl. handle): 18.3 cm or 7 1/4 inches

Width (Bowl): 11.6 cm or 4 1/2 inches

Weight: 250 grams or 8.036 ozt

Condition:

In very good condition, without damage or restoration, having been well protected within its protective bag. Please see the images provided which complement this description.

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