Important Design
Important Design
Property from a Private American Collection
Teco Pottery
Table Lamp
Auction Closed
December 8, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private American Collection
Teco Pottery
Table Lamp
circa 1905
base designed by William B. Mundie; model no. 271
shade designed by Orlando Giannini; executed by Giannini and Hilgart, Chicago, Illinois
leaded glass, patinated bronze, glazed earthenware
base impressed TECO three times and 271
canister impressed 271
17 in. (43.2 cm) high
10⅞ in. (27.6 cm) diameter of shade
Louise Luther, Massachusetts
Acquired from the above by the present owners, circa 1990
Acquired from the above by the present owners, circa 1990
Wendy Kaplan, "The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1987, p. 388 (for the present lot illustrated)
Sharon S. Darling, Teco: Art Pottery of the Prairie School, exh. cat., Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 1989, pp. 38, 51, 125 (for related lamps) and 148 (for the base)
Sharon S. Darling, Teco: Art Pottery of the Prairie School, exh. cat., Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 1989, pp. 38, 51, 125 (for related lamps) and 148 (for the base)
“The Art that is Life”: The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 4-May 31, 1987; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16-November 1, 1987; The Detroit Institute of Arts, December 9, 1987-February 28, 1988; Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, April 5-June 26, 1988