Property from an Important American Collection
Tiffany Studios
A Rare Six-Light "Turtle-B🙈ack" Moorish Chandelier
Auction Closed
June 12, 03:27 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important American Collection
Tiffany Studios
A Rare Six-Light "Turtle-Back" Moorish Chandelier
circa 1910
Favrile glass, leaded Favrile glassꦗ, patinated bronze
four "Tulip" shades engraved L.C.T.
two "Tulip" shades engraved L.C.T. Favrile
52 ¼ in. (132.7 cm) drop
20 ½ in. (52.1 cm) diameter
Christie's New York, September 22, 1978, lot 433
John a🧜nd Katsy Mecom, Houston, Texas, acquired from the above
Sotheby's New York, Highly Important Tiffany Lamps from the Collection of John W. Mecom, Jr., Houston, Texas, April 22, 1995, lot 72
Sandra v📖an den Broek, New York, acquired from the above
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, p. 295, no. 1141 (for the related twelve-light va𝓡r🌼iant of the model)
