Demitasse Cup, 1878

  • Tiffany and Company, American, established 1837
  • Edward C. Moore, American, 1827 - 1891

Silver-gilt and enamel

  • Overall: 2 1/4 × 2 × 2 3/4 inches (5.7 × 5.1 × 7 cm)

Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund

2019.13.1

On View

  • American, Level 2, West

Department

American Art before 1950

Marked, on bottom of cup: TIFFANY & CO | 4881M5635 | STERLING SILVER

Inscribed, on bottom of cup: 22 | 2 [separated by a double line]

1877, ordered by John W. Mackay [1831-1902] and Mary-Louise [Hungerford] Mackay [1843-1928]. January 28, 30-31, 1994, sold at (Sotheby's, New York, New York, USA), lot 557. purchased by Iris Schwartz [1921-2011] (New Jersey, USA)

January 20, 2017, sold at (Sotheby's, New York, New York, USA), lot 3074

purchased by S. J. Shrubsole (New York, New York, USA)

2019-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Tiffany and Company; Edward C. Moore, Demitasse Cup, 1878, silver-gilt and enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 2019.13.1.