Pair of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Gilt Ewers

Fine Pair of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Gilt Ewers

the pattern introduced in 1895, New York, New York, dated 1905, the ovoid body decorated with applied cartouches of putti allegorical of the seasons, above floral-crested petal calyx and lobed, domed foot with acanthus-crested scroll feet, with waisted collar en suite and arched "C"-scroll handle en suite, engraved with elaborate monogram "1855 / GEN / 1905", the underside with presentation inscription "From A.L. Norrie / Gordon Norrie / and / Emily F. Norrie / April 11th 1905".
h. 23-1/4", l. 9-1/2", dia. 7-1/2"; 161.71 total t. oz.

Notes: Ambrose Lanfear Norrie (1857-1910) was a wealthy New York businessman, having discovered iron ore in the Upper Michigan Peninsula in 1882. His paternal grandfather, Adam Norrie (1796-1882), was a Scots-American iron merchant who had trained in Sweden, and his father was Gordon Norrie (1830-1909), also an iron merchant. His mother, Emily Frances Lanfear (1836-1917) was born in New Orleans, and he was named after her father, Ambrose Lanfear (ca. 1787-1869), another Anglo-American iron merchant, who served as Swedish Norwegian Consul in New Orleans and later became a sugar planter in St. Charles Parish. Gordon Norrie and Emily Frances Lanfear were married in New Orleans on April 11, 1855, joining the two wealthy iron empires; they would have six children, all of whom would become prominent members of New York society during the Gilded Age. This extravagant pair of ewers is exemplary of those glittering days; it was presented by A. Lanfear Norrie to his parents in 1905 on their golden wedding anniversary at their home in New London, Connecticut.
Dimensions: 18 x 26 x 18 in
Condition Report: A handsome pair in good condition with expected signs of age. Wear and rubbing to the gilding on the relief (cartouches, lobes of the bases, feet, handle decoration and mounts, etc.), engraving and narrow edges. Oxidation in the recesses. Thumbprint-sized shallow dent on the scroll to the right of the inscription of one ewer, and a very short 1/4" dent to the left of one cartouche on the other. No other dents noted; no repairs. Each piece marked (on the underside) "Tiffany & Co. / 12431 Makers 7122 / Sterling Silver / 925-1000 / T / 9 Pints".