Foot bowl sterling silver – Tiffany, New York

On September 18, 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany, a Connecticut native who had learned in his father’s cotton mill, opened a stationery and fancy goods store in Manhattan at 259 Broadway with his school friend John Burnett Young. For this, Tiffany’s father had lent him a thousand dollars. The business was called Tiffany & Young. On the first day, revenues of only $4.89 were recorded. Nevertheless, the business was able to hold its own, even though the prices were fixed and not negotiated as was usually the case at the time. In 1841, Tiffany and Young took a business partner named Jabez Lewis Ellis into the company, henceforth operating as Tiffany, Young & Ellis. The assortment was expanded to include silverware and watches. In 1845, high-priced jewelry was added and the Blue Book, an ordering catalog, was launched. Between 1847 and 1870, Tiffany moved his retail store within New York three times. In 1848, the company began trading in diamonds as well as Swiss watches, and Tiffany produced its own gold jewelry for the first time; in 1850, international expansion began with the opening of a retail store in Paris. The following year, after purchasing the New York silversmiths of John C. Moore, Tiffany adopted the sterling silver standard, previously little known in the United States, and later recognized by the U.S. government. In 1851, Swiss watchmaker Antoine Norbert de Patek (Patek Philippe) visited the United States and negotiated a contract with Tiffany for the sale of Patek watches. Since 2021, Tiffany & Co. has been part of the French LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE. Source: Wikipwdia