Set of Ten English Gold Encrusted Service Dinner Plates for Tiffany & Co.
About the Item
- Creator:Cauldon (Maker),Tiffany & Co. (Retailer)
- Dimensions:Height: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)Diameter: 105 in (266.7 cm)
- Style:Edwardian (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Early 20th Century
- Condition:Excellent Condition.
- Seller Location:Lambertville, NJ
- Reference Number:Seller: 1010-10231stDibs: LU1308234671322
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co. is one of the most prominent purveyors of luxury goods in the United States, and has long been an important arbiter of style in the design of diamond engagement rings. A young Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed to his future wife, Eleanor, with a Tiffany ring in 1904. Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Astors and members of the Russian imperial family all wore Tiffany & Co. jewels. And Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis preferred Tiffany china for state dinners at the White House.
Although synonymous with luxury today, the firm started out rather modestly. Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young founded it in Connecticut as a “stationery and fancy goods emporium” in 1837, at a time when European imports still dominated the nascent American luxury market. In 1853, Charles Tiffany — who in 1845 had launched the company’s famed catalog, the Blue Book, and with it, the firm’s signature robin’s-egg blue, which he chose for the cover — shifted the focus to fine jewelry. In 1868, Tiffany & Co. gained international recognition when it became the first U.S. firm to win an award for excellence in silverware at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. From then on, it belonged to the pantheon of American luxury brands.
At the start of the Gilded Age, in 1870, Tiffany & Co. opened its flagship store, described as a "palace of jewels" by the New York Times, at 15 Union Square West in Manhattan. Throughout this period, its designs for silver tableware, ceremonial silver, flatware and jewelry were highly sought-after indicators of status and taste. They also won the firm numerous accolades, including the grand prize for silverware at the Paris Exposition of 1878. Among the firm’s glittering creations from this time are masterworks of Art Nouveau jewelry, such as this delicate aquamarine necklace and this lavish plique-à-jour peridot and gold necklace, both circa 1900.
When Charles Lewis Tiffany died, in 1902, his son Louis Comfort Tiffany became the firm’s design director. Under his leadership, the Tiffany silver studio was a de facto design school for apprentice silversmiths, who worked alongside head artisan Edward C. Moore. The firm produced distinctive objects inspired by Japanese art and design, North American plants and flowers, and Native American patterns and crafts, adding aesthetic diversity to Tiffany & Co.’s distinguished repertoire.
Tiffany is also closely associated with diamonds, even lending its name to one particularly rare and exceptional yellow stone. The firm bought the Tiffany diamond in its raw state from the Kimberley mines of South Africa in 1878. Cut to create a 128.54-carat gem with an unprecedented 82 facets, it is one of the most spectacular examples of a yellow diamond in the world. In a broader sense, Tiffany & Co. helped put diamonds on the map in 1886 by introducing the American marketplace to the solitaire diamond design, which is still among the most popular engagement-ring styles. The trademark Tiffany® Setting raises the stone above the band on six prongs, allowing its facets to catch the light. A lovely recent example is this circa-2000 platinum engagement ring. Displaying a different design and aesthetic (but equally chic) is this exquisite diamond and ruby ring from the 1930s.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Lambertville, NJ
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Set of 12 Gold Encrusted Service Dinner Plates with Petal Pink BordersLocated in Lambertville, NJElegant and formal gold decorated service plates with a pale pink border. The broad pink border with inner and outer gold band with gold scrolling detail with a swaged ring around th...Category
Mid-20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Opulent Set of 12 Gold Encrusted Service Dinner Plates 11 Inches DiameterLocated in Lambertville, NJElegant set of 12 elaborate gold banded service plates with berry trim. The gold encrusted borders with two thin red cranberry rings with filigree ...Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Set of 12 English Raised Gilt Porcelain Dinner Service PlatesBy Royal WorcesterLocated in Lambertville, NJA regal set of 12 elaborately gild service plates, by Royal Worcester. The set with delicate broad gilt borders with a white porcelain background. The mark on the back from 1950.Category
Vintage 1950s American Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- An opulent set of 12 gold encrusted floral service platesLocated in Lambertville, NJA set of 12 heavy gold encrusted service plates by Hutchenreuther, Germany, Circa 1920's, measuring 10.5 diameter plates with intaglio pattern broad gold borders with central Dresden...Category
Vintage 1920s German Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Set of Six Sterling Silver Overlay Service Dinner PlatesBy Lenox's Ceramic Art CompanyLocated in Lambertville, NJA set of elegant sterling silver overlay service plates with the pre-1930 Lenox green mark. This opulent set is early 20th century, circa 1915 in an Edward...Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates
MaterialsSterling Silver
- Set of 12 English Floral Service Dinner Plates by Royal WorcesterBy Royal WorcesterLocated in Lambertville, NJA set of 12 English Royal Worcester floral service plates titled Willoughby. The set was made in the early 1930s and was resurrected from Royal Worcesters pattern from 1770. The same...Category
Vintage 1930s Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Set of Ten English Fish PlatesBy CauldonLocated in New York, NYSet of ten English fish plates. Ten hand painted and gilt plates with uniquely painted images of ten different series of fish in their habitats bordered with hand-gilt netting and beaded border; each with name of fish on reverse: Trout, Perch, Barbel, Roach, Samlet, Salmon Trout, Chub, Brook Trout...Category
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Wonderful Service 12 Selb Bavaria Heinrich & Co Gold Encrusted Dinner PlatesBy Heinrich & Co. 1, Selb PorcelainLocated in Roslyn, NYA Wonderful Service Of 12 Selb Bavaria Heinrich & Co Gold Encrusted Dinner PlatesCategory
20th Century German Regency Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Antique Set of 12 Golden Cauldon Dinner Plates for Cowell & Hubbard Co, OhioBy CauldonLocated in Toronto, ONA stunning set of 12 antique gold and floral Cauldon dinner plates made for Cowell & Hubbard Co, Ohio. Elaborately gilded with a touch of floral motifs, these elegant and timeless pl...Category
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Fine Royal Doulton Service 12 English Raised Gold Gilt Encrusted Dinner PlatesBy Royal DaultonLocated in Roslyn, NYA Wonderful Service Of Royal Doulton 12 Antique English Raised Gold Gilt Encrusted Service / Dinner Plates. Stamped Royal Doulton England On The Back Of Each Plate.Category
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Set of 11 Heinrich H&Co Selb Bavaria Gold Encrusted Porcelain Dinner PlatesBy Heinrich & Co. 1Located in Germantown, MDAn exceptional set of 11 Heinrich Selb porcelain and gold encrusted dinner plates in white body in good antique condition.Listed price is ...Category
Early 20th Century German Empire Dinner Plates
MaterialsGold
- Rare Heinrich & Co. Selb Floral Gold Encrusted Service Cabinet Plates Set of 11Located in Miami Beach, FLH&Co, Heinrich & Co., Selb, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1930-1939. (Source: Marks on German, Bohemian, and Austrian Porcelain, by Rontgen, page 156). Though not marked Pickard, it appear...Category
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
15 Scintillating Jewelry Watches to Elevate Your Holiday Style
Watchmakers have tucked their movements into all manner of precious baubles, from lapel pins to cocktail rings. The result is dazzling, wearable art that will get you to the party on time.