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Tiffany Studios

"Butterfly" Inkstand

Auction Closed

December 8, 12:02 AM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Tiffany Studios

"Butterfly" Inkstand


circa 1905

with a rare decorated Favrile glass inkwell liner and cover

design attributed to Clara Driscoll

patinated bronze, Favrile glass

inkstand impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/852

inkwell and cap each engraved L.C.T.

2⅜ in. (6 cm) high

5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter

Philip Chasen Antiques, New York, 2012
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, p. 90
John Loring, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., New York, 2002, p. 190
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 368
Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, exh. cat., New York Historical Society, 2007, p. 83, fig. 49
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, p. 477, no. 1920