Lot 417
  • 417

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago: pair of American silver ewers, Tiffany & Co., New York, 1893

Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base and numbered 5090-2295, with mark for 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
  • silver
  • height 17 1/4 in.
  • 44 cm
chased with two female demi-figures holding a flower swag above a bouquet of flowers with birds on one and butterflies on the other, all flanked by scrolling foliage and flower sprays on matted ground, the partly reeded and leaf-capped handles applied with bellflowers

Exhibited

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, Tiffany display, probably cat. nos. 32 and 33, "chased with figures, flowers, etc.".  

Condition

both with a few minor dings to the arms of the figures, overall good crisp condition
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Catalogue Note

One of the vases can be seen in a stepped display in the article, "The Tiffany Exhibit at the World's Fair", The Illustrated American, May 20, 1893, and reproduced in John M. Blades and John Loring, Tiffany at the World's Columbian Exposition, Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, 2006, p. 35.