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Property from The Ann and Robert Fromer Collection

Tiffany Studios

Jeweled "Turtle-Back" Inkstand

Live auction begins on:

June 12, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Bid

3,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from The Ann and Robert Fromer Collection

Tiffany Studios

Jeweled "Turtle-Back" Inkstand


circa 1910

with an interior clear glass liner

Favrile glass, patinated bronze

impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/1901/114

4 ⅛ in. (10.5 cm) high

4 ½ in. (11.4 cm) maximum diameter

The John and Katsy Mecom Collection, Houston, Texas

Sotheby's New York, The John and Katsy Mecom Collection, October 3, 1992, lot 173

Acquired from the above by the present owner

William R. Holland, Tiffany Desk Sets, Atglen, PA, 2008, p. 233

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 473, no. 1908 and 480, no. 1936