Property from the Estate of Charles J. Maurer
TIFFANY STUDIOS | 24-PIECE “ABALONE” DESK SET
Lot Closed
October 8, 04:26 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Charles J. Maurer
TIFFANY STUDIOS
24-PIECE “ABALONE” DESK SET
circa 1915
comprising a table lamp, small adjustable desk lamp, large letter rack, small letter rack, thermometer, pair of bookends, calendar frame, inkstand with glass liner, pen brush, rocker blotter, postage scale, double pen holder, pen tray, calendar pad holder, notepad holder, card box, stamp box, paper clip, magnifying glass, pair of blotter ends, letter opener, and pen
leaded glass, glass, gilt bronze, polychrome decoration, abalone
each piece except for pen impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK with respective model number
table lamp: 17¼ in. (43.8 cm) high
10 in. (25.4 cm) diameter of shade
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, p. 50
George A. Kemeny and Donald Miller, Tiffany Desk Treasures: A Collector’s Guide, New York, 2002, pp. 49-50
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, pp. 470-472
William R. Holland, Tiffany Desk Sets, Atglen, PA, 2008, pp. 107-114
Timeless Beauty, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Atglen, PA, 2016, p. 176