1900 Exposition Universelle, Paris
A SET OF THREE AMERICAN SILVER "GEORGIAN REVIVAL" CENTERPIECE BOWLS, DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1900 AND CIRCA
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January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 USD
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1900 EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS
A SET OF THREE AMERICAN SILVER "GEORGIAN REVIVAL" CENTERPIECE BOWLS, DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1900 AND CIRCA
comprising a smaller pair and one larger, the everted rims formed of openwork scrolling classical foliage, the larger also with bellflower swags, the tops applied with standing scrolling foliage, the bases overlaid with acanthus and palmettes
marked on bases, the pair numbered 13391-9250 and with marks for 1900 Paris Exposition, the larger numbered 14342-4310
200 oz
6220 g
diameters 10¼ and 17 in.
26 and 43.2 cm
Along with this pair, Paulding Farnham designed a large centerpiece in this style for the Paris Exposition of 1900 that was sold Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 1998 (The Masco Collection), lot 42 and now at the Dallas Museum of Art. Another version, completed in 1904, is illustrated by John Loring in Tiffany's 150 Years, pp. 124-5.