Lot 169
  • 169

1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition: An American Silver Large four-handled Centerpiece, Paulding Farnham for Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1893

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on underside and numbered 10611-2974 and with 1893 Columbian Exposition mark

  • Silver
  • length over handles 21 1/2 in.
  • 54.6cm
the sides applied and chased with putti and infant satyrs with linked hands amongst scrolling grapevine, with four bi-furcated vine-form handles terminating at the rim in scrolls and grape bunches, raised on douple-paw feet, gilt interior

Condition

a little wear to gilt interior, overall good condition
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Catalogue Note

A matching centerpiece and Tiffany factory design for this model is illustrated in John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, p. 223.