TIFFANY STUDIOS | "Turtle-Back" Lantern

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Sold

60,000 USD

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Description

Tiffany Studios
"Turtle-Back" Lantern
leaded glass, patinated bronze
23 1/2 in (59.7 cm) drop10 in. (25.4 cm) diameter
circa 1910

with hinged bottom door inset with a circular "Turtle-Back" tile

Provenance

John and Katsy Mecom Collection, Houston, Texas
Sotheby’s New York, Highly Important Tiffany Lamps from the Collection of John W. Mecom, Jr. Houston, Texas, April 22, 1995, lot 2

Literature

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 282