Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

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Property from a New York Collection

Tiffany Studios

"Turtle-Back" Damascene Table Lamp

Auction Closed

December 11, 12:30 AM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a New York Collection

Tiffany Studios

"Turtle-Back" Damascene Table Lamp


circa 1905

with a telescoping "Turtle-Back" base

favrile glass, patinated bronze

shade engraved L.C.T. Favrile

base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/434

16 in. (40.6 cm) high

10 in. (25.4 cm) diameter of shade

The Geyer Collection
Masterwork by Tiffany Studios from the Geyer Family Collection, Sotheby's New York, December 15, 2012, lot 245
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, p. 130 (for the base)
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, PA, 2001, p. 239 (for the base)
John Loring, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., New York, 2002, p. 213 (for the base)
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 317 (for the base)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 92 (for the base)