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拍品專文
Paulding Farnham (1859-1927), the creative genius behind some of Tiffany's greatest works in silver, first exhibited this vase at the 1900 Paris Exposition and then at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. As head of the jewelry and silver departments at Tiffany & Co., Farnham's artistic direction enabled the company to win gold medals in the jewelry and silver classes at both fairs. He was a prolific designer, exhibiting hollowware in myriad styles including Renaissance-revival, Viking, Native American, Burmese, Russian, and Middle Eastern.
Farnham's talent as a jeweler can be seen in the present vase, which is jewel-like in size, delicately enameled and set with gem stones. Another Farnham design, a silver, enamel, and gem-set "Pueblo" bowl, demonstrates the same characteristics and was exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition (sold Christie's, New York, 18 January 1997, lot 19 and illustrated in Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940, A Century of Splendor, Dallas, 1994, fig. 6.65). The small scale of both the vase and bowl suggests that they were intended as precious "cabinet" pieces.
The form and proportion of the present lot echoes John T. Curran's silver Bat Vase which was created for the 1893 Columbian Exposition (see John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, New York, 2001, p. 187, center) and now in a private collection.
Other Paulding Farnham designs exhibited at the 1900 or 1901 Expositions and sold in these rooms include a Viking inkwell and pen tray (15 January 2004, lot 113), a set of four silver-gilt Renaissance-revival candlesticks (18 June 1998, lot 59), a silver-gilt and enamel pen tray (18 January 1998, lot 18), and a silver and enameled Viking vase (17 January 1992, lot 13).
For more information on Paulding Farnham, see Janet Zapata, "The Rediscovery of Paulding Farnham, Tiffany's Designer Extraordinaire, Part II: Silver," The Magazine Antiques, April 1991, p. 718-729.
Farnham's talent as a jeweler can be seen in the present vase, which is jewel-like in size, delicately enameled and set with gem stones. Another Farnham design, a silver, enamel, and gem-set "Pueblo" bowl, demonstrates the same characteristics and was exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition (sold Christie's, New York, 18 January 1997, lot 19 and illustrated in Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940, A Century of Splendor, Dallas, 1994, fig. 6.65). The small scale of both the vase and bowl suggests that they were intended as precious "cabinet" pieces.
The form and proportion of the present lot echoes John T. Curran's silver Bat Vase which was created for the 1893 Columbian Exposition (see John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, New York, 2001, p. 187, center) and now in a private collection.
Other Paulding Farnham designs exhibited at the 1900 or 1901 Expositions and sold in these rooms include a Viking inkwell and pen tray (15 January 2004, lot 113), a set of four silver-gilt Renaissance-revival candlesticks (18 June 1998, lot 59), a silver-gilt and enamel pen tray (18 January 1998, lot 18), and a silver and enameled Viking vase (17 January 1992, lot 13).
For more information on Paulding Farnham, see Janet Zapata, "The Rediscovery of Paulding Farnham, Tiffany's Designer Extraordinaire, Part II: Silver," The Magazine Antiques, April 1991, p. 718-729.