Edward Chandler Moore
Cream Pitcher and Sugar Basket

MakerNew York, established 1837
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cream Pitcher and Sugar Basket
Datec. 1865–1869
Made inNew York, New York, United States
Retailed inNew York , New York, United States
MediumSilver and silver gilding
DimensionsVarious dimensions
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by William J. Hill in honor of Frank J. and Catherine Campbell Hevrdejs
Object numberB.98.20.1,.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

John Chandler Moore wholesaled silver to Tiffany, Young and Ellis. In 1851, Moore and his son Edward entered into an arrangement whereby they would manufacture exclusively for the Tiffany firm. Seventeen years after the agreement, Tiffany purchased the Moore factory outright, making Edward Chandler Moore a principal stockholder and appointing him general manager with responsibility for overseeing the company’s production.

Small birds, such as those on this cream pitcher and sugar basket, were frequently used motifs in American decorative arts of the later nineteenth century. Often depicted with their nests and baby birds, they suggest nurture and domestic happiness.


ProvenanceAcquired Nov. 16, 1998, from The Silver Vault.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Stamped on underside: TIFFANY & Co/2550/QUALITY/925 1000/5688/M [Gothic in an oval]

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