Details
leaded glass, patinated bronze
1958 in. (49.9 cm) high, 1378 in. (35.2 cm) diameter of shade
shade with small early tag impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK
oil canister impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 26536 with Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram
base impressed 26536
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 7 November 1994, lot 1909.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
Dr. E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 63, no. 86 (for a related shade).
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, p. 124 (base).
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, p. 257, no. 784 (base).
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 99 (for a period illustration of base).
J. Baal-Teshuva, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Cologne, 2001, pp. 163 and 216-217 (shade).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 36, nos. 89-90 (base); 147, no. 599 (shade).
Special notice
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