VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A FINE SILVER AND ENAMEL WRITING SET MADE FOR THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO, 1901

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1901; DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM

细节

A FINE SILVER AND ENAMEL WRITING SET MADE FOR THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO, 1901
Mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, 1901; DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM
In the Viking style, the inkstand octagonal, on eight mask feet, the sides and top pierced with foliate scrolls in green and lilac enamel, with silver borders with beading and lozenges and monster masks at intervals, the raised octagonal cover in green enamel with interlace silver border, the silver-mounted rock-crystal cover opening to reveal a glass inkwell, the inkwell frame enclosing colored glass; the oblong pen tray on mask feet, the field with conforming enamel decoration, the border with a mask, the pen with conforming decoration, the inkwell and pen tray marked under base, the pen marked near nib, all three pieces also marked with the stamp for the Pan-American exhibition, Buffalo, 1901
The inkstand 5¾in. wide, the pen tray 8½in. long (3)

拍品专文

Paulding Farnham, the creative genius behind some of Tiffany's greatest works in silver, first exhibited material in the Viking taste at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, following with a jewel box and vases in this style for the 1900 Paris Exposition. At the Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo in 1901, Farnham produced more Viking pieces, typified by the use of interlace, masks, bead and lozenge borders and inset with semi-precious stones. The addition of enamel is typical of works exhibited at the 1901 exhibition and the following year at the Turin Exposition. An exhibition Viking vase and coffee service decorated with enamels and set with semi-precious stones are illustrated in John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, pp. 206-207.