WASHINGTON TERRITORY STERLING SILVER COMMEMORATIVE PITCHER - Circa 1854 Tiffany & Co. Pitcher made by Grosjean & Woodward, celebrating the organization of the Washington Territory under Gov. Isaac Stevens, having a portrait of President Franklin Pierce, (who had named Stevens to that position on March 17, 1853); with opposing cartouches of a Native American and a Classical Figure representing the Columbia River. Stevens was also the Superintendant of Indian Affairs. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1857, went on to become a General in the Civil War, was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, outside of Germantown, VA on Sept 1, 1862, aged 44. 11 3/4" x 9" x 6", 32.585 ozt. Good condition. An interesting note: President Pierce opened the Tiffany Company exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London in 1851, they had an established association.