Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios
Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios
Property of a Private California Collection
Tiffany Studios
“Poppy” Mosaic Inkstand
Auction Closed
December 11, 12:30 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private California Collection
Tiffany Studios
“Poppy” Mosaic Inkstand
circa 1903
with a rare decorated favrile glass inkwell liner and cover
mosaic favrile glass, favrile glass, patinated bronze
impressed 28289/TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK with the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company monogram
liner engraved L.C.T.
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) high
4 in. (10.2 cm) diameter
Private Family Collection, California, acquired directly from the firm, circa 1903
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, p. 185 (for the model illustrated in a period photograph of Clara Driscoll in her workroom at Tiffany Studios, 1901)
Paul E. Doros, The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, 1978, p. 149
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, p. 43
Takeo Horiuchi, ed., The World of Louis Comfort Tiffany: A Selection from the Anchorman Collection, Nagoya, Japan, 1994, p. 130
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 368 and 369 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, pp. 428 and 430
Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, exh. cat., New York Historical Society, 2007, pp. 74 and 110 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2017, p. 200
Paul E. Doros, The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, 1978, p. 149
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, p. 43
Takeo Horiuchi, ed., The World of Louis Comfort Tiffany: A Selection from the Anchorman Collection, Nagoya, Japan, 1994, p. 130
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 368 and 369 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, pp. 428 and 430
Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, exh. cat., New York Historical Society, 2007, pp. 74 and 110 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2017, p. 200