Saucer from the Mackay Service
Tiffany & Co.
1878
Medium
Silver-gilt and enamel
Dimensions
3/4 × 4 in. (1.9 × 10.2 cm)
Classification
Saucer
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Cranshaw Corporation Gift, 2017
Accession Number
2017.196.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Tiffany & Co. · 1837–present
Tiffany & Co., founded on September 18, 1837, by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City as a stationery and fancy goods store, quickly evolved into a premier American house for jewelry and decorative arts. Under Charles's leadership, the firm introduced innovations like the sterling silver standard in 1851 and the iconic six-prong Tiffany Setting engagement ring in 1886, establis...