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  • Mr. Tufts’ Bulldog
  • Mr. Tufts’ Retriever
  • Mr. Tufts’ Terrier
  • Online Puzzle
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James W. Tufts 'Fist' vases

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James W. Tufts "Nautilus" Vase

James W. Tufts "Gingerbread" Vase Holder

James W. Tufts "Nautilus" Vase

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James W. Tufts "Gingerbread" Vase Holder

James W. Tufts "Gingerbread" Vase Holder

James W. Tufts "Gingerbread" Vase Holder

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Vase #1009 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #1009 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #1009 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

  

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Vase #2081 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #1009 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #1009 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

  

Vase #2081 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

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Vase #1032 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #1009 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #1032 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

  

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Vase #2050 ( Circa 1897 ) from James W. Tufts

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Featured in the 1897 Catalogue

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James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

  

This link (below) will take you directly to the original James W. Tufts catalogues (circa 1896 -1900)

https://library.si.edu/digital-library/author/james-w-tufts-company-boston

To the #2050 vase/Spooner
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James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

 Vase #2050 ( Circa 1897 ) from James W. Tufts can be found in the Supplement to the 1897 catalogue featured in the link to the Smithsonian archives. 

It is page 30 of the ‘supplement’ 

but it is page 152/386 in the ‘scroll’.  

To the #2050 Vase/Spooner
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A Spooner or a Vase?

James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II

A Spooner or a Vase?

  Available in plain finish, or with the ‘bright cut’ fern detail, this particular piece can generally be found once or twice a month in online auction sites. It is listed as a ‘spooner’ . When laying out the table for a meal, a spoon would not necessarily have been placed on the table. A knife and fork were the most necessary of implemen

  Available in plain finish, or with the ‘bright cut’ fern detail, this particular piece can generally be found once or twice a month in online auction sites. It is listed as a ‘spooner’ . When laying out the table for a meal, a spoon would not necessarily have been placed on the table. A knife and fork were the most necessary of implements and so it was ‘the style’ to place spoons in containers on the table should they be needed.

To the #2050 vase/Spooner

Tufts vases

Tufts Vases & Spooners

  

Small vases or ‘posey holders’ were apparently very popular in Victorian America. On this page, we present several charming examples of vases. Some of these vases might also have done double duty as ‘spooners’. It was the fashion of the time to have your best spoons stored and presented in a bowl on the table.  https://youtu.be/984Jaf1sibA 

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The original catalogues...

  

This link (below) will take you directly to the original James W. Tufts catalogues (circa 1896 -1900).


https://library.si.edu/digital-library/author/james-w-tufts-

company-boston 


  

As you scroll through the original catalogues, you will find many of the patterns and items that we exhibit in our galleries. The ‘gingerbread’ vase holder (below) is seen with its original crystal insert in these catalogues.

'Gingerbread' vase holder...

James W Tufts 'Fist' Vases at The American Silver Museum

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James W. Tufts “Nautilus” Vase at The American Silver Museum II

James W. Tufts "Gingerbread" Vase Holder - at The American Silver Museum II

Vase #2081 from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum

  

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#1009 Vase from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II,

#1032 Vase from James W. Tufts at The American Silver Museum II,

#2050 Spooner or Vase from James W. Tufts

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