Tiffany Studios, Pond Dragonfly, 1899-1920
This lamp appeared in Sotheby's June 1996 auction of items from the Collection of Roy Warshawsky. The
shaped domical shade with an allover pattern of dragonflies in flight
around ripple glass rondels, in striated opalescent
green, sea-blue, dusty rose and olive-green glass, the insects overlapping
wings in striated opalescent glass, the rondels and lower border defined
with rectangular tiles in blue, purple, lavendar, yellow and green striated
opalescent glass; raised on a shaped cylindical standard below a bulbous
terminal set with irridescent emerald-green glass cabochons, continuing
to a circular petal molded base, has finial, brown-green patina; shade
impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 6829, base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS
NEW YORK/1435, accession number 82.20.23 a and b. Height 23 1/4",
diameter 14 3/8".
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