A RARE 'TURTLEBACK TILE' GLASS AND BRONZE INKWELL
A RARE 'TURTLEBACK TILE' GLASS AND BRONZE INKWELL

TIFFANY STUDIOS

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A RARE 'TURTLEBACK TILE' GLASS AND BRONZE INKWELL
Tiffany Studios
the interior with two original interior favrile glass ink wells, the interior lid with eight hooks for quills, also with center drawer for stamps
4in. (10.8cm.) high, 8.5/8in. (21.8cm.) wide, 3.5/8in. (9.2cm.) deep
one favrile glass inkwell engraved L.C.T.

Lot Essay

cf. Alastair Duncan and Tsuneo Yoshimizu, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany (exh. cat.), 1991, fig. 82 for an illustration of a similar double inkwell with favrile glass inserts.