Important Americana
Important Americana
PROPERTY FROM A PERSONAL FRIEND OF GENE MOORE
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ACROBATS: A GROUP OF SILVER AND ENAMEL CIRCUS FIGURES, DESIGNED BY GENE MOORE FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1990
comprising three stackable strongmen on a carpet, one male acrobat and one female acrobat balancing on their chins, two acrobats doing handstands, three stackable clowns playing accordions and balancing a ball, two acrobats standing head to head on a carpet, one seal balancing a ball, and one trapeze with two trapeze artists, 22 pieces
all marked TIFFANY & CO. and STERLING, some also marked Made in Italy, the seal's ball apparently unmarked
67 oz weighable
2084 g
height of trapeze 12¾ in.
32.5 cm