FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SILVER PALM TREE-FORM CANDLESTICKS
FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
Realistically formed as palm trees on rocky circular bases, the removable sconces formed as palm fronds, weighted, marked on undersides STERLING / TIFFANY & CO. / MADE IN ITALY, and with Italian hallmarks for Milan
12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) high
76 oz. 18 dwt. (2,392 gr.) gross weight

Literature

Loring, John and Henry B. Platt, The New Tiffany Table Settings, New York, 1981, pp. 72-73 (gilt examples of this model).

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Lot Essay

further gilt examples of this model were recently sold as part of The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection, Christie's, New York, 22 October 2022, lot 404, as well as from the collection of Ms. Frances L. Wolfson, Christie's, New York, 7 October 2022, lot 334.

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