THE FALCON VASE: AN AMERICAN SILVER, GOLD AND ENAMEL VASE FROM THE 1893 Chicago COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, Tiffany & Co., New York, designed by John T. Curran, 1893

of slender baluster form, enameled in partly translucent colors with numerous falcons in flight in a lightly clouded summer sky, near the base an etched inscription continued underneath, the spreading base rim applied with gold rockwork, the silver detachable pierced cover modeled as a spray of feathers rising from falcon's legs conjoined by a ribbon

George and Marguerita Westinghouse, given by them as a Christmas gift in 1897
Alice Kwartler, New York
Jerome Rapoport, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1996, The Jerome Rapoport Collection, Lot 35

Chicago, 1893: World's Columbian Exposition, Tiffany catalogue #224
Dallas, 1994-95: Dallas Museum of Art, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, November 6-January 29
Pittsburgh, 1995: Carnegie Museum of Art, idem., March 12-May 21
Milwaukee, 1995: Milwaukee Art Museum, idem., June 13-August 13
Winterthur 1995-96: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, idem., September 9-Jan 7th
Palm Beach, 2006: Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Tiffany at the World's Columbian Exposition

The Jewelers' Review, "The Tiffany Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition," 1893, p. 33, illustrated
Charles Venable, SIlver in America 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, fig. 6.50, p. 180
John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, p. 188
John M. Blades and John Loring, Tiffany at the World's Columbian Exposition, 2006, p. 93

tips of the talons missing from cover, not noticeable, a few minor chips to edges of enamel (irregular edge is original), enamel restored at one falcon's wing, a few clouds, and above base rim
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