TIFFANY WOOLWORTH FAMILY SILVER PRESENTATION BOWL Footed bowl with lion's head with ring handles. Double ribbed rim with ivy decora...
TIFFANY & CO. STERLING SILVER PRESENTATION BOWL New York, Circa 1924
Footed bowl with tiger's-head ring handles. Acid-etched ivy design. Inscribed "Richard W. Woolworth Margaret Brady June 7 1924 from the 1921 Section of Ivy". Further inscribed with the names of twenty men. Height 6.25". Diameter 8.5".
Approx. 41.7 troy oz.
Richard Woolworth attended Princeton and would have been part of the class of 1921, but the alumni magazine notes he did not graduate. While on campus he was a member of the Ivy Club. This bowl appears to be a wedding gift from Woolworth's Princeton friends.
Condition: Interior with surface abrasions.
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TIFFANY & CO. STERLING SILVER PRESENTATION BOWL New York, Circa 1924
Footed bowl with tiger's-head ring handles. Acid-etched ivy design. Inscribed "Richard W. Woolworth Margaret Brady June 7 1924 from the 1921 Section of Ivy". Further inscribed with the names of twenty men. Height 6.25". Diameter 8.5".
Approx. 41.7 troy oz.
Richard Woolworth attended Princeton and would have been part of the class of 1921, but the alumni magazine notes he did not graduate. While on campus he was a member of the Ivy Club. This bowl appears to be a wedding gift from Woolworth's Princeton friends.
Condition: Interior with surface abrasions.
Please contact Eldred''s 48 hours prior to the auction start time with condition report requests. Please do not bid on any item without reading the condition report. The absence of a condition report does NOT imply that an an object is free of defects or restoration. Please contact Eldred''s before bidding with any questions as to condition. Condition reports are provided as a complimentary service and only reflect the opinion of Eldred''s and should not be taken as a statement of fact. Condition reports only detail flaws or restorations and do not take into account wear, fading, or other issues consistent with an object''s age.