{"product_id":"tiffany-co-renaissance-pattern-antique-sterling-silver-asparagus-tongs-new-york-c-1910","title":"Tiffany \u0026 Co 'Renaissance' Pattern Antique Sterling Silver Asparagus Tongs, New York, c. 1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rare and lovely pattern displays some of Tiffany's finest turn-of-the-century work. It is superbly cast in the Italian Renaissance style, featuring a sculptural half-length naked female herm. Partially covered by drapes, she surmounts a pilaster decorated with fruit and flowers. Winged caryatids are on each side of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis uncommon item has a bottom flat blade with rounded corners. The top blade has a rounded front to hold the food and is beautifully pierced and engraved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaulding Farnham, Tiffany's master jewelry and silver designer at the turn of the century, designed this pattern in 1904. Although he designed other patterns, this is his best-known and most coveted pattern. It is a tour de force of high-relief casting and displays his mastery of historical design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterestingly, Louis Comfort Tiffany (who became vice president at Tiffany's after the death of his father in 1902) and Paulding Farnham disagreed about some of Farnham's designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eL. C. Tiffany didn't like the historical accuracy of Farnham's nude female figure, who subsequently gained drapes. (See Janet Zapata's article, \"The rediscovery of Paulding Farnham, Tiffany's designer extraordinaire - Part II: Silver,\" in \u003cem\u003ethe Magazine Antiques\u003c\/em\u003e, April 1991.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis elegant server is marked TIFFANY \u0026amp; CO\/ STERLING\/ PAT 1905\/ m.' It measures 7.5 inches long, weighs 6.5 troy ounces, is monogrammed \"MSR\", and is in excellent antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spencer Marks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54484392181973,"sku":"H6201","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1850\/5637\/files\/h6201resting.jpg?v=1786561086","url":"https:\/\/www.spencermarks.com\/products\/tiffany-co-renaissance-pattern-antique-sterling-silver-asparagus-tongs-new-york-c-1910","provider":"Spencer Marks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}