Tag: Tiffany

What you got if you won the race. Sterling sailing trophies from the Gilded Age. All made in America. Three awarded in Newport and one in France.

Cup for the Schooners race, New York Yacht Club. Modeled in the design of a galleon with galleon shape with a cast Poseidon on the prow and six cast dolphins.1884. Sterling silver. Tiffany, maker. Part of the “Spectacular Silver: Yachting’s Goelet Cups”  exhibit. Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image © 2020 National Review. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/art-exhibit-spectacular-silver-yachtings-goelet-cups-gilded-age-glamour/
Cup for the Schooners race, New York Yacht Club. 1882. Sterling silver. Part of the “Spectacular Silver: Yachting’s Goelet Cups”  exhibit. (Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Promised Gift of The Schwartz Family Foundation and The Schwartz Foundation. (L.2012.10.2 Pitcher;L.2012.10.3 Tray) Image © 2020 National Review. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/art-exhibit-spectacular-silver-yachtings-goelet-cups-gilded-age-glamour/
Cup for the Schooners race, New York Yacht Club. 1891. Sterling silver. Part of the “Spectacular Silver: Yachting’s Goelet Cups”  exhibit. Photo credit and © Ellen McDermott Photography. Image © 2020 National Review. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/art-exhibit-spectacular-silver-yachtings-goelet-cups-gilded-age-glamour/





Cup commissioned by Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett for the Cannes Yachtsmens Union which was founded in 1893. 1894. American. Sterling silver. Tiffany. Inscribed  “COUPE OGDEN ET J. GORDON GENNETT FONDEE EN 1893 UNION DES YACHTSMEN DE CANNES” under the body. Museum ID #
Museum inventory ID #2005.6. Collections of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Image ©  Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/32871/ogden-goelet-and-james-gordon-bennett-cup;jsessionid=5F9B140A4EAC460F39F9ED4C27014655?ctx=4fb3f559-cfea-4cf2-aec9-f42836f88fa9&idx=0

		

		
			


	



			
				


			

			
Flower jewelry designed by  Paulding Farnham, who was  Tiffany & Company’s chief designer from 1885 to 1908. American.
		
	
	

		
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Orchid brooches, all of them having been shown at the 1889 Paris Exposition. 1885-1908. Gemset with enamel. American. Paulding Farnham, designer for Tiffany. Image © Lang Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.langantiques.com/university/paulding-farnham/


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Floral brooch. 1885-1908. Gold, diamond and enamel. Paulding Farnham, designer for Tiffany. Image © 2015-2020 nasvete.com. Fair use license. via https://nasvete.com/paulding-farnham-floral-brooches/floral-brooch-by-american-jewelry-designer-paulding-farnham-gold-diamonds-enamel/


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Iris brooch. 1885-1908. Paulding Farnham, designer for Tiffany. Image © 2015-2020 nasvete.com. Fair use license. via https://nasvete.com/paulding-farnham-floral-brooches/

	


	



			
				


			

			
Pill boxes that look like acorns. More fun than pill boxes that look like pills.
		
	
	

		
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Acorn pill box. ca. 1968. American. Gold. Designed by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany and Company. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/objets-dart-vertu/boxes-cases/vintage-jean-schlumberger-tiffany-co-gold-acorn-pill-box/id-j_4608701/


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Acorn pill box. ca. 1960s. American. Sterling silver. Tiffany and Company, maker. Image © 2020 Etsy, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.etsy.com/listing/763172009/rare-vintage-tiffany-co-sterling-silver?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_a-jewelry-jewelry_storage-jewelry_boxes&utm_custom1=150ca2d4-47a9-423a-acb7-001684f41875&utm_content=go_1730730691_70459597871_337632334055_pla-318956357942_c__763172009&utm_custom2=1730730691&gclid=CjwKCAjw1cX0BRBmEiwAy9tKHmxidhkBTMgWFD2pwS5Y7nrGTak7OZGCoELI9253G3icF1iBe2ReaxoCqy0QAvD_BwE


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Acorn pill or pendant box. Contemporary. American. Buckeye burl with a betelnut cap that screws on. Elvio Design, maker. Image © 2020 Elvio Design. Fair use license. via https://elviodesign.com/collections/all-items/products/lv-5004-buckeye-burl-betelnut-acorn-pill-box-pendant-box-screw-cap

	


	



			
				


			

			
Antique compotes from Tiffany. Some in silver and some in glass. All beautiful.
		
	
	

		
Compote with cage stem. ca. 1909.
Compote with cage stem. ca. 1909. American. Blue iridescent glass with a webbing of glass around a plain stem. Marked “6207D L.C.Tiffany – Favrile” (1909) around the around palipout. Tiffany Studios, maker. Image © Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/4046/compote-with-cage-stem?ctx=de96b4fe-0906-4054-b99f-e054a2b062fb&idx=16


Compote. ca. 1854-1869. Etruscan Revival.
Compote. ca. 1854-1869. Etruscan Revival. Silver. Marks: “TIFFANY & CO, QUALITY 925-1000, 550 BROADWAY, 1930, 4144, (two Gothic Ms).” A. John Chandler Moore & Son for Tiffany and Company, maker. Image © 2020 Heritage Auctions. Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-holloware-american/compotes/a-john-chandler-moore-and-son-etruscan-revival-silver-compote-for-tiffany-and-co-new-york-circa-1854-1869marks-tiffany-and/a/5297-74087.s


Compote with deer with majestic stag antlers and a hunt theme.
Compote with handles in a hunt motif with deer with majestic stag antlers. Curved bowl with a floral rinceaux rim and a reeded foot, Hallmark for 1870-1875. American. Sterling silver.Curved bowl and domed foot. Bowl has floral rinceaux rim. Union Square hallmark (1870-75) with pre-1875 pattern no. 3623. Tiffany and Company, New York, maker. Image Nelson & Nelson Antiques, Inc. © 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.nelsonandnelsonantiques.com/items/1387687/Early-Tiffany-Sterling-Silver-Deer-Compote-Majestic-Stag-Antlers


Compote.
Compote with mold blown gold iridescent glass, optic ribbed bowl, solid baluster stem and a round foot with an engraved ivy design inside the bowl and foot top. ca. 1921. Marks: “1711P c L.C. Tiffany Favrile” with the c underlined engraved on the bottom turned rim.”543 – C54″ scratched near the rim. Image © Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/8855/compote?ctx=56ff5871-b9bc-41a2-9d28-9ca657ad927a&idx=3

	


	



			
				


			

			
Art glass vase and candlesticks by Louis Comfort Tiffany/Tiffany Studios, Corona, New York. American. Collections of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
		
	
	

		
Egyptian onion form-vase. ca. 1901. 
Egyptian onion form-vase. ca. 1901. Blown iridized glass. Opaque, green and silver glass. Marked around bottom: “L.C.T. o2255” on wafer pontil. Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Corona, New York, maker. Image © Chrysler Museum, Norfolk. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/21824/budstick-vase?ctx=4e482abf-f0d2-4236-a2f7-b4735a10a10e&idx=5


Candlestick. ca. 1906-13
Candlestick. ca. 1906-13. Bronze with a favrile ribbed pulled green and iridescent glass open bud-like cap. Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Corona, New York, maker. Image © Chrysler Museum, Norfolk. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/16522/candlestick?ctx=4e482abf-f0d2-4236-a2f7-b4735a10a10e&idx=7


Bronze two-light candelabra with a "tree-trunk" base. Two light candelabra with a "tree-trunk" base.  Screwed into the two top limbs are candleholders with diamond-shaped openings. Opaque jade-green glass was blown into the candleholders. ca. 1900.
Bronze two-light candelabra with a “tree-trunk” base. Two light candelabra with a “tree-trunk” base. Screwed into the two top limbs are candleholders with diamond-shaped openings. Opaque jade-green glass was blown into the candleholders. ca. 1900. Inscribed “Tiffany Studios/New York” on metal plate on the base. Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Corona, New York, maker. Image © Chrysler Museum, Norfolk. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/29472/candelabra?ctx=4e482abf-f0d2-4236-a2f7-b4735a10a10e&idx=6

	


	



			
				


			

			
Vases by George Paulding Farnham, chief designer for Tiffany & Company from 1885 to 1907. Art Nouveau. American.
		
	
	

		
"Ptarmigan" vase. 1900-1905.
“Ptarmigan” vase. 1901-1903. The body created from layers of fused copper and silver, sterling silver bird and coat of arms in gold. Photo © NGC. Image © National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Fair use license. via https://www.gallerieswest.ca/news/whistler%E2%80%99s-audain-art-museum-to-showcase-historic-ptarmigan-/


Vase. ca. 1901. Silver and enamel.
Vase. ca. 1901. Silver and enamel. Image ©2019 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/tiffany-co/vase-by-george-paulding-farnham-eLk3-2H4IZVa61SQDZ-YJg2


Adams vase.
Adams vase designed to resemble a cotton plant, a commission made for Edward Dean Adams, chairman of the board of the American Cotton Oil Company. 1893-95. Gold, tourmaline, quartz, spessartite, rock crystal, amethyst, fresh water pearl, and enamel. Image © 2000–2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/35


Vase. ca. 1900. Exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle
Vase, designed to celebrate Native American art with “corncob” handles among other elements. ca. 1900. Exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Hand-raised silver body ornamented with amazonite,bluish opal and freshwater pearl embedded in the handles. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://antiquesjournal.com/index.php/2019/05/14/show-and-tell-5/


Loving cup. 1897.
Loving cup. 1897. Silver, copper, niello, and horn. Attributed to Paulding Farnham. Chasing attributed to Eugene Soligny. Collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Photo credit: Daderot. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loving_Cup_by_Tiffany_Co.,_Paulding_Farnham_attrib_designer,_Eugene_Soligny_attrib_chaser,_1897,_silver,_copper,_niello,_horn_-_Cincinnati_Art_Museum_-_DSC04483.JPG

	


	



			
				


			

			
Tiffany glass from the collections of the Driehaus Museum, Chicago, Illinois. American.
		
	
	

		
Flower form vase. ca. 1902.
Flower form vase. ca. 1902. Blown glass with gilt bronze. Photo credit: John Faier. Image © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Fair use license. via http://driehausmuseum.org/exhibition/louis-comfort-tiffany/image-gallery#tiffany-3


Group of candlesticks. ca. 1900.
Group of candlesticks. ca. 1900. Photo credit: John Faier. Image © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Fair use license. via http://driehausmuseum.org/exhibition/louis-comfort-tiffany/image-gallery#tiffany-7


Vase (detail). ca. 1897-1898.
Vase (detail). ca. 1897-1898. Blown glass, gilt silver and plique-à-jour enamel. Mounts designed by Edouard Colonna. Photo credit: John Faier. Image © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Fair use license. via http://driehausmuseum.org/exhibition/louis-comfort-tiffany/image-gallery#tiffany-19

	


	



			
				


			

			
American Tiffany punch bowls from a bit back in time. Just a little different from the cut glass kind with the little cups. Must have been specially commissioned by someone, I am sure.
		
	
	

		
Punch bowl with three ladles. 1900.
Punch bowl with three ladles. Exhibited at the Paris World’s Fair of 1900. 1900. Art Nouveau in style. Glass, silver, gilding, copper and wood. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. In the public domain. via https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-49692160/


Viking punch bowl. ca. 1893.
Viking punch bowl. Exhibited at the Chicago Exposition of 1893. ca. 1893. Iron, silver, gold, and streaked ebony. Paulding Farnham, designer for Tiffany. © 2000–2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/69.4/

	


	



			
				


			

			
Turn of the last century jewelry from the studios of Tiffany and Company, New York. A little something for opening night at the opera. Collection of the Morse Museum, Winter Park, Florida.
		
	
	

		
Necklace. ca. 1915.
Necklace. ca. 1915. Lapis lazuli, jadeite, enamel and gold. Image ©2018 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Image courtesy of the museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/jewelry-enamels-and-metalwork/blue-necklace


Brooch. ca. 1910. 
Brooch. ca. 1910. Peridot, enamel and gold. Julia Munson, designer for Tiffany and Company. Image ©2018 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Image courtesy of the museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/jewelry-enamels-and-metalwork/green-brooch


Bracelet. ca. 1915. 
Bracelet. ca. 1915. Lapis lazuli, enamel and gold. Meta K. Overbeck, designer for Tiffany. Image ©2018 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Image courtesy of the museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/jewelry-enamels-and-metalwork/blue-bracelet


Brooch. ca. 1910.
Brooch. ca. 1910. Lapis lazuli and gold. Julia Munson, designer for Tiffany and Company. Image ©2018 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Image courtesy of the museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/jewelry-enamels-and-metalwork/blue-brooch


Brooch. ca. 1910.
Brooch. ca. 1910. Enamel, zircon, opal, and gold. Julia Munson, designer for Tiffany and Company. Image ©2018 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Image courtesy of the museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/jewelry-enamels-and-metalwork/gold-brooch


Peacock and flamingo necklace. ca. 1903-1906.
Peacock and flamingo necklace. ca. 1903-1906. Société des Artistes Français, Paris in 1906. Enamel, opal, amethyst, ruby, sapphire, demantoid garnet, emerald, chrysoberyl, pearl and gold. Julia Munson, designer for Tiffany and Company. Image ©2018 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Image courtesy of the museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/jewelry-enamels-and-metalwork/peacock-necklace

	


	



			
				


			

			
Arted up snails tricked out in precious stones and gilding. From the last few centuries and not a bit of slime in the bunch.
		
	
	

		
Garden snail paperweight. Royal Crown Derby.
Royal Crown Derby Garden Snail Paperweight. Bone china. Hand decorated and finished with hand applied gold paint. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Royal-Crown-Derby-Garden-Snail-Paperweight-/281978695332


Snail. c. 1907.
Snail. c. 1907. Carved cream and brown agate. Fabergé, maker. © Royal Collections Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/1/collection/40089/snail


Escargot picks with snail figurine. Art Deco.
Escargot picks with snail figurine. Art Deco in style. French. Silver. Maker not known. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.etsy.com/listing/465754296/french-escargot-picks-art-deco-silver?show_sold_out_detail=1


Snail paperweight.
Snail paperweight. Bone china with gold accents. Royal Crown Derby, maker. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/Royal-Crown-Derby-Fine-Bone-China-Snail-Figurine-Paperweight-Excellent-/233037698488#viTabs_0


Snail table clock. ca. 1900.
Snail table clock. ca. 1900. Art Nouveau in style. Gilt bronze, glass and gilt metal. Tiffany and Company, maker. Image © Sothebys. Fair use license. via http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/20th-century-design-n09474/lot.57.html