1900 Exposition Universelle, Paris and 1901 Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo
AN AMERICAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BOWL AND COVER, DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM, TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1900
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January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
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1900 EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS AND 1901 PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO
AN AMERICAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BOWL AND COVER, DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM, TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1900
in Burmese style, the body applied with raised beading in geometric bands enclosing green enamel bosses on niello ground, engraved at neck "E.S.J. and D.W.J. / February seventh / 1854-1904", the three-tier cover with pierced foliate borders and matched enameling
marked on base and numbered 14060-1558, and with World's Fair marks for 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle and 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Exposition
20 oz
622 g
height 6 in.
15.2 cm
Paulding Farnham designed a number of objects for the 1900 Paris Exposition in the Burmese style with the same use of beading and enameling as the present lot, including a silver-gilt vase (sold Christie's New York, 17 January 2008, lot 47) and a dressing table mirror (sold Christie's New York, 20 January 2011, lot 32). In the Tiffany photograph album from the exposition, the dressing table mirror was labelled "Boudoir Mirror, Burmese Silvergilt", and the caption described it as "ornamented on every surface with small ornamental rings, in the center of each of which is set a small green enamel disk, to represent glass ornament of the Burmese".