Two cups and saucers from the Mackay Service
Tiffany & Co.
1878
Medium
Silver-gilt and enamel
Dimensions
2 1/4 × 2 × 2 3/4 in. (5.7 × 5.1 × 7 cm)
Classification
Cup
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Cranshaw Corporation Gift, 2017
Accession Number
2017.196.1–.4
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...