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ANTIQUE TIFFANY PINE NEEDLE & GRAPE VINE BOX 1897-1905

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Sold Date: 11/24/2006
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Glass

Antique Rare and Genuine - Exquisite, Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Lid & Grapevine Box. Early piece, Etched Bronze & Green Glass with five rows of beading and feet.
The photos speak for themselves. Outstanding Piece. Signed Tiffany Studios New York 6. Guaranteed antique and authentic. One would presume that the lid and box were expertly put together from two other pieces.

A must have for any Tiffany collection or tastefully decorated home or office.

Age: 1897-1905
Size: 8" x 7-7/8" x 2-1/2"
Hallmarked: "Tiffany Studios New York 6"
Condition: Excellent. The glass is beautiful & perfect.

Excerpt from Tiffany Desk Treasures, a Collectors Guide by George A. Kemeny & Donald Miller:

"In their construction, metal sheet was etched to produce a decorative design, covering the marbled Favrile glass, which was flat, curved, or blown into a confining metal structure, suggesting miniature leaded windows. Acid etching thru the thin metal sheets created filigrees. The grapvine motif is composed of leaves, boughs, tendrils and grapes. The Pine Needle motif incorporates primarily straight lines suggesting needle clusters coming from many points or multiple cobwebs."

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About Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848-1938

In 1848, Louis Comfort Tiffany was born to Charles Tiffany, Founder of Tiffany and Company. Louis, not wanting to go into the family business, turned his career instead to the decorative arts, producing an extensive line of stained glass lamps, art glass, enamels, and bronzes known the world over for their one-of-a-kind exquisite quality and beauty.

LCT began his first experiments with glassmaking in 1873. In 1876 he exhibited paintings at Philadelphia Centennial World's Fair and in 1900 a major exhibit at the Paris Exposition Internationale; company changes name to Tiffany Studios.

In 1902 he was appointed design director of Tiffany & Company after the death of his father, Charles Tiffany; Tiffany Studios showroom moved to 45th Street in New York City and Tiffany Furnaces was established.

In 1880 the firm received its first major commission, the Veterans Room of the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York. In 1882 Associated Artists commissioned Tiffany to do work for Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Ogden Goelet, and LCT was also hired by President Chester Arthur to decorate several rooms in the White House

In 1894 Favrile became a registered trademark. In 1885 the Tiffany Glass Company was created. 1895-96 exhibited Favrile glass and leaded glass windows in Siegfied Bing's L'Art Nouveau gallery, Paris .

In 1919 Louis Tiffany retired and the company divided into Tiffany Furnaces, headed by A. Douglas Nash, to produce glassware and Tiffany Ecclesiastical department to make mosaics, leaded glass windows and lamps. In 1924-Tiffany Furnaces closed. Louis C. Tiffany died on January 17, 1933.

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