Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

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Property from an Important American Collection

TIFFANY STUDIOS | "DOUBLE POINSETTIA" TABLE LAMP

Auction Closed

December 12, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American Collection

TIFFANY STUDIOS

"DOUBLE POINSETTIA" TABLE LAMP


circa 1905

with a rare telescoping "Ball" base and finial

leaded glass, favrile glass, patinated bronze

shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS 1551-5

base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/10917

27¾ in. (70.5 cm) high as shown

22½ in. (57.2 cm) diameter of shade

For the shade:

Private Family Collection, Connecticut

Christie's New York, December 14, 1991, lot 354

Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, p. 187 (for the base)

Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 146 (for the shade) and 177 (for the base)

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, p. 84, no. 226 and p. 103, no. 279 (for the shade); p. 128, no. 341 (for the base)

William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 27 (for the base) and 127 (for the shade)

Alastair Duncan, Fin de Siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, p. 40 (for the base)

Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, PA, 2001, p. 117 (for the base)

Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 283 (for the shade)

Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 131 (for the base) and 153 (for the shade)

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 75, no. 291 (for the shade); p. 82, no. 317 and p. 157, no. 648 (for the base)

Margaret K. Hofer and Rebecca Klassen, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios: Nature Illuminated, New York, 2016, p. 132 (for the shade)