An American Silver Vase Converted to a Hurricane Lamp, Grosjean and Woodward for Tiffany & Co., 550 Broadway, New York, circa 1865

ovoid form, applied in high relief with swags of fruit between satyr masks from which rise scroll handles spreading into grapevine at the neck and capped by fully modeled salamanders, the octagonal base engraved with contemporary Old English JC, fitted circa 1890 with a removable silver-plated oil lamp in two sections with etched and frosted glass globe

slight wear to plating on lamp, vase good condition and super quality
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