AJ Fuller by Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 315 pcs Custom Pattern

• BRAND : Tiffany & Co.
• PATTERN : A.J. Fuller Custom Pattern
• COMPOSITION : Sterling Silver
• TYPE : Flatware - Sets
• STYLE : Art Nouveau
• FEATURED REFINEMENTS : Tiffany Sterling Silverware
• AGE : 1850-1899

A. J. Fuller, figural custom Tiffany Co. pattern, Designer: Arthur Le Roy Barney



There were a
total of only 12 custom patterns ever made by Tiffany Co. Charles
Carpenter's Tiffany Silver book: "The custom-designed private pattern sets
were quite expensive, even for those extravagant times. The time consuming and
laborious process of designing and hand making new dies ran the cost of these
sets into the thousands of dollars."

This pattern features a figural Art Nouveau
woman with foliate bonnet with the owner’s initials located directly below the
woman's bust and unique knife handles with blades turned 90 degrees.



Provenance:
Dr. Andrew Jackson Fuller was a prominent surgeon. He studied at the Maine
Medical School, at the University of New York, and at Jefferson Medical School
in Philadelphia. He graduated from the Maine Medical School in 1841; settled in
Searsmont, and in 1847 moved to Bath, Maine. Among his successful major
operations have been amputation at the hip joint and resection of the humerus.
He is a member of the Maine Medical Association and its president in 1871.
Previous to the war he served seven years as surgeon of the Second Maine
Infantry, and was post surgeon at Bath during the war, saving countless lives.
He served as president of the Bath Board of Trade many years, has served one
term as trustee of the Maine Insane Hospital, and was one of the consulting
physicians and surgeons of the Maine General Hospital. Doctor Fuller manifested
a strong interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of his adopted city,
standing high in the esteem of all its people. His conscientious and
persevering labors in behalf of Bath
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