A collection of twenty-two sterling silver coffee or tea spoons, Tiffany & Co., New York, NY, circa 1872-1900

Comprising eight souvenir tea or coffee spoons in the “Forget-Me-Not” pattern, all with acid-etched depictions of monuments and landmarks, including four that are engraved with cursive monogram verso, “CPM,” and also engraved to bowl backs to indicate the various monuments: “Farragut,” “Washington," “Grants Tomb,” “Lincoln", marked; a New York souvenir tea or coffee spoon depicting the Statue of Liberty, American eagle, and other patriotic motifs, inscribed “New York,” engraved “Albert” verso, gilt-washed bowl, marked; two coffee spoons in a rare pierced handle design, one gilt-washed, one bearing cipher verso, “EP," both marked; five rare niello coffee spoons with gilt-washed bowls, two bearing monograms, “H” and “M.S.J.,” all marked; two “Japanesque” coffee spoons, both with gilt-washed bowls, one with acid-etched birds and floral motifs, the other with engraved floral motifs and engraved with monogram verso, “M.S.J.,” marked; two “Custom Engraved” coffee spoons with gilt-washed bowls, one engraved with monogram, “M.S.J.,” both marked; a coffee / demitasse spoon in the “Vine - Wild Rose” pattern, engraved with monogram verso, “MGB,” marked; and a coffee spoon in a raised bird motif, with gilt-washed bowl, marked. 

L: 5 7/8 in. (longest), Total weight: 13.72 oz. t. 

Provenance

From the collection of O.D. Noble.

Literature

For pattern reference, see William P. Hood, Jr., Tiffany Silver Flatware: 1845-1905 (Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999), pgs. 194, 207, 208, 265, 271, 273, 287, and 291.