Property from an Important American Collection
Tiffany Studios
"Turtle-Back" Table Lamp
Auction Closed
December 11, 12:30 AM GMT
Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important American Collection
Tiffany Studios
"Turtle-Back" Table Lamp
circa 1905
with an internall🌊y illuminated “Crutch Oval” base with “Turtle-B༒ack” band
leaded glass, favrile glass, patinated bronze
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK
base impressed 9535/TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK with firm's logo
23 1/4 in. (59.7 cm) high
16 1/8 in. (41 cm) diameter of shade
Private Collection, New York
Christie's New York, March 31, 1998, lot 96
Christie's New York, March 31, 1998, lot 96
Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 65 (for the shade); pp. 88 and 135 (for the base)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 96 (for the shade) and 132 (for the shade and base pairing)
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, p. 127 (for the shade and base pairing)
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, PA, 2001, p. 240 (for the shade and base pairing)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 29 (for the shade and base pairing)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 96 (for the shade) and 132 (for the shade and base pairing)
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, p. 127 (for the shade and base pairing)
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, PA, 2001, p. 240 (for the shade and base pairing)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 29 (for the shade and base pairing)