Tiffany & Co.
Water Jug

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Manufacturer Tiffany & Co.New York, established 1837

CultureAmerican

Titles

Water Jug

Date1865

PlaceUnited States

MediumSterling silver

DimensionsOverall: 12 15/16 × 12 1/2 × 6 in. (32.8 × 31.8 × 15.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund

Object number95.51

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceCommissioned by Milton Slocum Latham (1827–1882) and Mary McMullen Latham (1845–1939), until his d. 1882, San Francisco; Mary McMullen Latham, until d. 1939; by inheritance to her cousin, Mary McMullen Godley; by inheritance to her daughter, Margaret S. Godley; [Gary Spratt, Rutherford, California]; [Argentum – The Leopard's Head, San Francisco]; MFAH, 1995.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Tiffany & Co., Houston, Texas, for display in their Galleria window from Sep. 5 to Oct. 3, 1995, in conjunction with the 43rd annual Theta Charity Antiques Show(LN:95.37)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Applied monogram: "MSL" [for Milton Slocum Latham]

The jug has a stamp in the silver, bottom: "Tiffany & Co. 1973 English Sterling 925 - 1000 2675 550 Broadway"

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