Tiffany Studios
"Dragonfly and Arrowhead" Cigar Lighter
Auction Closed
December 6, 11:14 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Tiffany Studios
"Dragonfly and Arrowhead" Cigar Lighter
circa 1905
silvered, gilt and enameled bronze, ivorine
impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/1660
2¾ x 4⅛ x 2½ in. (7 x 10.5 x 6.4 cm)
Private Collection, New York, circa 1970
Private Collection, Washington
Thence by descent
Sotheby's New York, December 12, 2018, lot 313
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Hugh McKean, The "Lost" Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, no. 232 (for a related pitcher)
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 372 (for a related humidor)
Timeless Beauty: The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2016, p. 125 (for a related pitcher)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, p. 489, no. 1981 (for a related humidor)
