Lot Essay
This candlestick was acquired by the museum from Christie's on December 11, 1982 with funds from the Joseph H. Heil Fund.
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TIFFANY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1906
Details
A BRONZE CANDLESTICK*
Tiffany Studios, circa 1906
cast in the form of horse chesnut candle, the cup with red glass insets, the removable drip pan concealing a spring loaded mechanism to open the match holder
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high
stamped with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram and TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 702, painted museum accession number 469.83
Tiffany Studios, circa 1906
cast in the form of horse chesnut candle, the cup with red glass insets, the removable drip pan concealing a spring loaded mechanism to open the match holder
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high
stamped with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram and TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 702, painted museum accession number 469.83
Provenance
Phillips New York, Art Nouveau and Art Deco, November 1, 1980, lot 82
Christie's New York, Important Tiffany Lamps & Windows, December 11, 1982, lot 361
Christie's New York, Important Tiffany Lamps & Windows, December 11, 1982, lot 361
Literature
Museum of Modern Art, New York: The History and the Collection, 1984, p. 418, No. 681.
Alastair Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1992, p. 118.
Alastair Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1992, p. 118.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.