Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection

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Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection

Tiffany Studios

Eight-Piece "Venetian" Desk Set

Live auction begins on:

December 13, 04:00 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Bid

11,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection

Tiffany Studios

Eight-Piece "Venetian" Desk Set


circa 1910

comprising an ashtray, clock, letter opener, two paperweights, reading glass, rocker blotter and utility casket

gilt bronze

each impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK and with the firm's model numbers

letter opener: 10 ¼ in. (26 cm) long

Sotheby's New York, March 19, 1988, lot 314

Boca Raton Museum of Art, ed., Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artistry in Glass, The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection, Boca Raton, FL, 2007, p. 95 (for the present lot illustrated)

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, p. 458, no. 1857 (for the clock); 471, no. 1901 (for the reading glass); 493, no. 1995 (for the utility casket); 526-527 (for the model)

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artistry in Glass, The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection, Boca Raton, FL, 2007