LOT DETAILS

Materials:

leaded glass, patinated bronze

Size Notes:

diameter of shade: 38.1 cm; 40.6 cm diameter of base

Markings:

base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/25874 with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram

Literature:

Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 41 (for the base). William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, . The Lamps of Tiffany Studios , New York, 1983, p. 141 (for the present lot illustrated). Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, . The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany , New York, 2005, p. 200 (for the present lot illustrated). Alastair Duncan, . Tiffany Lamps and Metalware , Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 64 (for the present lot illustrated). . For related works:. The Most Artistic House in New York City: A Series of Views of the Home of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany,. Ladies' Home Journal , November 1900, p. 13 (for an interior view of the entrance at Laurelton Hall showing a hanging fishbowl). Some Examples of American Glass Work at Paris,. The Art Interchange , 1900, p. 131 (for a related Fish at Play window). Robert Koch. , Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass , New York, 1964, pp. 97 (for a related Carp mosaic probably designed by Clara Driscoll) and 198 (for a period photograph showing the related Feeding the Flamingoes and Flower, Fish and Fruit windows, each depicting fishbowls,. in situ at Laurelton Hall). Alastair Duncan, . Tiffany . Windows , New York, 1980, pp. 18 (for a related Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl window), 104 (for a related Feeding the Flamingoes watercolor), 112 (for the above mentioned Fish at Play window) and 161 (for the above mentioned period photograph showing the Feeding the Flamingoes and Flower, Fish and Fruit windows. in situ at Laurelton Hall). . The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany , Poughkeepsie, NY, 1987, n.p. (for the above mentioned Feeding the Flamingoes watercolor and Flower, Fish and Fruit window). Alastair Duncan, Martin Eidelberg and Neil Harris, . Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany , London, 1989, pp. 126 (for the above mentioned Flower, Fish and Fruit window) and fig. 62 (for the above mentioned Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl window). Takeo Horiuchi, ed., . The World of Louis Comfort Tiffany: A Selection from the Anchorman Collection , Nagoya, Japan, 1994, pp. 60 (for a related Deep Sea window), 61 (for a related Fish and Fishbowl window) and 105 (for a related enameled tea screen depicting parakeets and gold fish). Robert Koch, . Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch , Atglen, PA, 2001, pp. 12 (for the above mentioned Feeding the Flamingoes window), 53 (for the above mentioned Carp mosaic) and 124 (for the above mentioned period photograph showing the Feeding the Flamingoes and Flower, Fish and Fruit windows. in situ at Laurelton Hall). John Loring, . Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co. , New York, 2002, pp. 176 (for the above mentioned Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl window) and 177 (for the above mentioned tea screen depicting parakeets and gold fish). Alastair Duncan, . Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection , Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 144 (for the above mentioned related Fish at Play window), 145 (for the above mentioned Deep Sea window), 146 (for the above mentioned Fish and Fishbowl and Flower, Fish and Fruit windows), 376 (for a related Fish mosaic trivet and the above mentioned Carp mosaic) and 435 (for the above mentioned Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl window). Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, . The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany , New York, 2005, p. 41 (for the above mentioned period photograph showing the Feeding the Flamingoes and Flower, Fish and Fruit windows. in situ at Laurelton Hall). Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, . Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist's Country Estate , New York, 2006, pp. 45 (for the above mentioned period photograph of the entrance to Laurelton Hall showing a hanging fishbowl and the above mentioned Feeding the Flamingoes watercolor), 88 (for a sketch of a glass bowl with gold fish intended for adaptation into a fountain at Laurelton Hall), 137 (for the above mentioned period photograph showing the Feeding the Flamingoes and Flower, Fish and Fruit windows. in situ at Laurelton Hall), 140-141 (for the related Feeding the Flamingoes window) and 143 (for the related Flower, Fish and Fruit window). Alastair Duncan,. Tiffany Lamps and Metalware , Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 134 (for a related Flying Fish shade). Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, . A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls , exh. cat., New York Historical Society, 2007, pp. 50-51, (for a sketch and illustration of a related Flying Fish shade and Deep Sea base designed by Clara Driscoll) and 79 (for the above mentioned related Carp mosaic). David A. Hanks, . Louis Comfort Tiffany, Treasures from the Driehaus Collection , New York, 2013, p. 27 (for the above mentioned Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl window). . Timeless Beauty, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art , Atglen, PA, 2016, pp. 52-53 (for the Feeding the Flamingoes watercolor and window

Provenance:

Lillian Nassau, New York. Mr. Raymond Amy. William Doyle Galleries, 1974. Private Collection, New York. Christie's New York, May 30, 1981, lot 353. Collection of John and Katsy Mecom, Houston, Texas. Sotheby's New York,. Highly Important Tiffany Lamps from the Collection of John W. Mecom, Jr., Houston, Texas, April 22, 1995, lot 22. Acquired from the above by the present owner