 Tiffany Sterling Salt And Pepper (8329)
I've had 25 years to figure this one out. It has taken a long time to maybe figure it. The cap turns off to reveal a pair of signed Tiffany sterling salt and pepper shakers. The fit is so perfect nothing can spill, and they are numbered 602. The entire handle screws off to keep it from getting stollen when it is checked or for pocket use. On the end of the real ebony shaft with origial bimetal ferrule is Tiffany & Co., 16086 Makers 1666 Sterling, 925/1000, M. The M stands for the president from to . The threads on both the signed cap and in the handle are handchased and are definitely original. The entire handle has good clean lines which is correct for the period after victorian. The top of the handle has a beautiful pattern in the silver on top and a plane solid piece below. The pattern is very deep. After my experience with tiffany wanting $500 for information on the numbers, see Tiffany Doctors cane # , I showed it to a few cane experts and no one had ever seen one like it, and they were complementary of it. I do not know enough obout tiffany,to know whether anyone other than tiffany has made a list of the numbers on their pieces along with what they are or whether only tiffany has them.
One day at an antique show, I was buying silver for my store from a large silver dealer and I saw a silver container that was about the same size as my cane handle. As I examined it, it turned out to be a shaving brush. It wasn't tiffany, but it had the slots in the top that went all the way thru. The slots allowed air to the brush to keep it from getting moldy. When I took the brush out thru the top, the solid bottom of the tube also came out of the now empty tube. On the bottom of the brush were threads, and when it was reversed and threaded into the bottom of the tube you then had a useable shaving brush. I could see by removing the bristles putting the cap on a shaft and screwing the tube on the threads I would have a cane like my tiffany, minus the shakers. I then realized I had seen a number of cantainer handles that looked like that, except the handle wasn't removeable. The entire container and cap was glued on, and not removeable. This particular handle was very ornately chased making it victorian and older. Again, the question comes to the surface, do I have a fake? I have an opinion, but if you have been reading these cane descriptions, you know what it is. What do you think?
Category: Gadget
Sub Category: City - Manufactured
Listed: 2006-07-27 23:23:01
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