CIRCA 1905, GILT CAC MONOGRAM AND WREATH MARK, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, GILT RETAILER'S MARK FOR TIFFANY & CO., ONE WITH 'SPECIAL EXHIBIT ITEM' STICKER, SIGNED B.(RUNO) GEYER

Details

FOUR TRANSITIONAL CERAMIC ART COMPANY/LENOX COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT PLATES
CIRCA 1905, GILT CAC MONOGRAM AND WREATH MARK, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, GILT RETAILER'S MARK FOR TIFFANY & CO., ONE WITH 'SPECIAL EXHIBIT ITEM' STICKER, SIGNED B.(RUNO) GEYER
EACH FINELY PAINTED WITH A BUST-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTY, NAMED ON THE REVERSE, INCLUDING 'INNOCENCE', 'MY LADY DISDAIN', 'DETAIL FROM BROKEN PITCHER' AND 'GIRL'S HEAD', THE BORDER WITH RAISED GILT PASTE PANELS OF CINQUEFOIL AND SCROLLING TENDRILS
10 1/8 IN. (25.7 CM.) DIAMETER (4)

Literature

ALICE COONEY FRELINGHUYSEN, AMERICAN PORCELAIN, 1770-1920, NEW YORK, 1989, PP. 250-1.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

FOR ANOTHER GEYER PORTRAIT PLATE WITH THE SAME GILT BORDER SEE A.C. FRELINGHUYSEN, OP. CIT., P. 251, PL. 96. HERE IT NOTES THAT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN DRAWING FOR THE BORDER SPECIFIED THEM AS 'TIFFANY SPECIAL' AND FURTHER DESIGNATED THEM AS FOR THE 'GEYER HEADS'. ALL EXTANT EXAMPLES ARE MARKED FOR TIFFANY & CO. LEADING ONE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE AUGUST NEW YORK JEWELLERY FIRM HAD AN EXCLUSIVE ON THIS DESIGN. JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE'S PAINTING, 'THE BROKEN PITCHER' (1763) IS LOCATED IN THE MUSéE DE LOUVRE, PARIS. SEE NOTE TO LOT 170 FOR A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF GREUZE AND HIS WORKS.

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