{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-140","title":"Art Deco Tiffany Exposition Sterling Tomato pattern pie server","description":"Art Deco Tiffany Exposition Sterling Tomato pattern pie server 12.25\" long x 2  3\/8\" at widest point x 165.8 grams with no issues.\ntw125\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Tiffany was born February 15, 1812 in Killingly, Connecticut. About 25\nyears later, in 1837, Charles Tiffany and John Young, and later in 1841, they\nadded J.L.. Ellis as a partner, began Tiffany, Young and Ellis in Lower\nManhattan. That company at the time was founded at first to sell fancy goods and\nstationery. Tiffany bought his parents shares of the company in 1853 and changed\nthe focus of the company to sell upscale jewelry and merchandise. Once Tiffany\nbought his parent’s shares, the company was renamed to Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. In 1867,\nTiffany \u0026amp; Co. was the first United States based company to win an award for\nexcellence in silverware at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1868, the\ncompany became incorporated, had four stores and was on the right path to\ncontinue to grow to the company that it is today.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Humble Start\nWhen Young and Tiffany began their business, they originally started off with\noffering items such as stationery and merchandise before moving on to offering\njewelry and silverware. The business continued to grow and manufacture jewelry,\nand later opened a location in Paris. His stores adopted the standards of\nEuropean jewelry and therefore, sterling became established in the United States\nand the American jewelry market.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTiffany was determined to obtain one-of-a-kind jewelry. It was that desire which\nhelped fuel how much his products were sought out, specifically among the upper\nclasses of New York. The jewelry created by the company became partially well\nknown because of the wealthy people who desired its products. In the 1830’s,\nTiffany made it’s mark in the jewelry world at the time because they clearly\nmarked the prices on their goods. This eliminated the chance that customers\nwould haggle and try to negotiate the prices of the goods that they were\npurchasing at the time. Additionally, Tiffany’s was unique at the time because\nthey only accepted cash payments and didn’t allow their goods to be purchased on\ncredit.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the Civil War threatening jewelry purchasing at the time, Tiffany adjusted\nthe focus of his company and ended up manufacturing swords, medals, light armor\nand many other items that were needed for war. In 1877, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. had become\nsuch an established name that it easily influenced the industry and was able to\nmake outlandish purchases. This when the now called “Tiffany diamond” (a yellow\nSouth African diamond) was purchased for $18,000 at 287 carats. The diamond was\ncut down to 128.54 carats over nearly a year and was eventually put on display\nin the Smithsonian. Today, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. is an American worldwide luxury jeweler\nand specialty retailer, headquartered in New York City.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstanding the Markings\nWhile Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. is famous for the “Tiffany diamond” they are even more\nfamous for their use of sterling silver. When looking at actually sterling\nsilver that is made by Tiffany’s there are several markings that can help you\nfigure out the origin and if a piece is indeed made by Tiffany’s or fake. At the\nstart, there were several silversmiths who supplied silver flatware and\nholloware to Tiffany’s. Each of those silversmiths marked the pieces with their\nown marks in addition to marking them with Tiffany’s marks. Some of the makes of\nTiffany’s sterling silver include William Gale, Gale \u0026amp; Hughes, Wood \u0026amp; Hughes,\nJohn Polhemus, Henry Hebbard, William Bogert, Grosjean \u0026amp; Woodward, Moore \u0026amp;\nHebbard and John C. Moore.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1868, Moore silversmithing firm was absorbed into Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. and Tiffany’s\nthen began the production of its own silver. It was at that time that the silver\nwas to be marked with the initial of the Artistic Director or the initial of the\nPresident of the firm but that was continued until the mid-1960’s. Each design\non the silver that Tiffany’s creates represents the long and proud heritage that\ncomes with the company’s history.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46671613329624,"sku":"15923419152_F54B","price":710.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/art-deco-tiffany-exposition-sterling-tomato-pattern-pie-serverestate-fresh-austin-546525.png?v=1757916276","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/zh-hant\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-140","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}