
Object Name: Ice cream dish
Date: 1877-1878
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/4 × 15 3/8 in. (15.9 × 39.1 cm)
Place made: New York
Description: Wrought silver and gilt ice cream dish in an Indian design; shallow, almost flat, circular body with a wide, lobed rim; each lobe repoussé chased with clovers, thistle or flowers; foliate trefoil motifs are applied at the top of the rim at each plain division; the wrought initials, "M L M" are applied to the rim on one side and the Hungerford (Mrs. Mackay's) family coat of arms topped by a crown and thistle are applied to the opposite side of the rim; interior of the bowl is gilt with an etched and lightly engraved, scalloped ring of flowers; bowl seated on a molded footring with an applied Chinese fret-work and Indian floral apron; four elephant trunk feet with chased Asian flowers and vines are applied to the underside of the apron; maker's mark and object number on the base.
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. John Mackay
Object Number: 1980.14
Marks: Wrought, applied to rim: "M L M" in foliate roman letters; stamped on the base: "TIFFANY & Co / 4878 MAKERS 5635 / STERLING-SILVER / 925-1000 / M"; engraved on the base: "207 / _ / 5"
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Exhibitions:
"Tiffany Silver," New-York Historical Society, March–May 1980.
"Tiffany Silver, One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversay," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1987.
"Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York," New-York Historical Society, May 4–September 23, 2012; Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL, January 28–April 20, 2014.