AJ Fuller Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Ice Cream Server 11 3/8" Custom Pattern

• FEATURED REFINEMENTS : Tiffany Sterling Silverware
• AGE : 1900-1940
• BRAND : Tiffany & Co.
• PATTERN : Custom
• TYPE : Serving Pieces
• COMPOSITION : Sterling Silver

Circa 1905 - A. J. Fuller
Custom pattern
Designer: Arthur Le Roy Barney
Exceedingly rare figural Art Nouveau A.J. FULLER CUSTOM SET BY TIFFANY sterling silver Ice Cream Server 11 3/8" It is not monogrammed and is in excellent condition.
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 an Art Nouveau woman with foliate bonnet with the owners initials located directly below the woman's bust.
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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