The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany
The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Covered Box
Auction Closed
June 7, 10:21 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Covered Box
circa 1907
executed by Tiffany & Co., New York
sterling silver, cloisonné enamel, opal, turquoise
impressed TIFFANY & CO/MAKERS 2644/STERLING SILVER/925-1000/M
1½ x 5 x 3 in. (3.8 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm)
Christie’s East, New York, October 17, 1995, lot 72
Father and Son: Louis C. Tiffany at Tiffany & Company
Charles Lewis Tiffany died on February 18, 1902 at the age of ninety. A month later, Louis Tiffany was elected to serve as Tiffany & Company’s Second Vice-President and shortly thereafter was appointed as the firm’s Art Director. Under Louis Tiffany’s leadership, and with the significant later assistance of Julia Munson and then Meta Overbeck, a series of beautiful jewelry incorporating semi-precious gems, enameled highlights and motifs heavily influenced by nature were produced.
The covered box offered here is a very rare example of Tiffany & Company silver with a jewel-like embellishment designed by Louis Tiffany. The scalloped body has a matching hinged cover that is ornately decorated with a stylized floral motif comprised of opal and turquoise cabochons set among a beaded curvilinear framework on a complimentary green and turquoise cloisonné enamel ground.
A Tiffany & Company archival photograph of the box is labeled J325, indicating it was designed in late 1906-early 1907. Its original owner was Major Maximillian “Max” Charles Fleischmann (1877-1951), an heir to the Fleischmann’s Yeast and Gin fortunes. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he was a co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team as well as being a devoted sportsman, yachtsman, outdoorsman, explorer and philanthropist.
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