Cake Basket

Datec. 1854 - 1862

Mediumsilver

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 × 12 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (13.7 × 31.1 × 26 cm)
Overall with raised handle: 9 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (23.5 × 31.1 × 26 cm)

MarkingsMaker's mark on the bottom: TIFFANY & CO. / G & W / 1576 / 3; Date mark on the bottom: T

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by the Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society.

Object number2015.1.5

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis swing-handled cake basket sits on a fluted stand and is decorated with repoussé foliage and a scalloped gadroon rim. The basket is embossed “G.S.O.” for George Savage Owens (1825-1897), who grew up in the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters. Charles Grosjean (1835-1865) was in partnership with Eli Woodward (c.1841-1866) in Boston, and then in New York, where they supplied silverware to Tiffany & Company, as well as to other prominent New York City retailers. Grosjean's son Charles (1841-1888) became superintendent of Tiffany's silver factory around 1868, and over time became one of Tiffany's most prominent designers.

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