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Lot Essay
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This soup tureen and its accompanying sauce boat once resided in the "house of the golden doorknobs." Also known as Durand house, at 275 Arlington Drive, Pasadena, the imposing mansion in the style of a French chateau was built by Chicago wholesale grocery merchant, John Milton Durand (1823-1907) as his retirement home in 1901. Durand died six years later, and the house remained within the family until the contents were disbursed at auction and the house was demolished in the early 1960s, according the Pasadena Star News, October 25, 1961. The house was known for its enormous size, grandeur and opulence, yet it was the "gold and silver [which] were freely used in place of the usual brass and iron in the interior hardware furnishings" for which Durand House is best remembered by local residents.
The soup tureen and sauce boat were passed to John M. Durand III, grandson of John M. Durand and the last member of the Durand family to reside at 275 Arlington Drive. Upon Mr. Durand's death in 1960, the pieces then descended to his step-children.
A soup tureen of the same design is in the collection of Tiffany & Co. (accession number B1994.26) and was illustrated in the exhibition checklist An American Design Legacy: Highlights from the Tiffany & Co. Archives, New York, 1999.
This soup tureen and its accompanying sauce boat once resided in the "house of the golden doorknobs." Also known as Durand house, at 275 Arlington Drive, Pasadena, the imposing mansion in the style of a French chateau was built by Chicago wholesale grocery merchant, John Milton Durand (1823-1907) as his retirement home in 1901. Durand died six years later, and the house remained within the family until the contents were disbursed at auction and the house was demolished in the early 1960s, according the Pasadena Star News, October 25, 1961. The house was known for its enormous size, grandeur and opulence, yet it was the "gold and silver [which] were freely used in place of the usual brass and iron in the interior hardware furnishings" for which Durand House is best remembered by local residents.
The soup tureen and sauce boat were passed to John M. Durand III, grandson of John M. Durand and the last member of the Durand family to reside at 275 Arlington Drive. Upon Mr. Durand's death in 1960, the pieces then descended to his step-children.
A soup tureen of the same design is in the collection of Tiffany & Co. (accession number B1994.26) and was illustrated in the exhibition checklist An American Design Legacy: Highlights from the Tiffany & Co. Archives, New York, 1999.