Details
Favrile glass, gilt bronze, wood
comprising: two photograph frames, letter scale, match holder and ashtray, letter clip, ink blotter, pair of blotter ends, notepad holder, inkwell, two utility boxes, letter opener, pen, rocker blotter, two pen wipes (without brush)
inkwell: 334 in. (9.5 cm.) high, 634 in. (17.2 cm.) diameter
stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 12 December 1995, lot 1075.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, p. 93, no. 109 (inkstand).
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, p. 314, no. 946 (photograph frame).
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, 2001, p. 215 (inkwell).
W. Holland, Tiffany Desk Sets, Atglen, 2008, pp. 48, 51-54, 56, 58, 63 (frame), 68-69.
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 450, no. 1822 (frame); 510-513.
Special notice
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