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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 10-05-2008 05:19 PM
  
This Japanesque pitcher by Tiffany & Co. Sotheby's posited that it was shown at the Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876, but I've heard some dissent from that position. It sold for more than $31,000(with tip)on an estimate of $12K - $18K. If I'd had the money as a curator, I'd have gone higher than that. I think it's the best piece of Tiffany Japanism to surface in years. Both technically and aesthetically, it's remarkable. IP: Logged |
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ellabee Posts: 306 |
posted 10-07-2008 11:59 AM
That is remarkable. Is there any information on who was the designer? Was it a museum that ended up with it? IP: Logged |
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ellabee Posts: 306 |
posted 10-07-2008 01:42 PM
I've found the listing (search on 'pitcher' and 'Tiffany' in the archive of sold lots)and the answer to one of my questions: Edward C. Moore. Worth taking a look at the larger photo at the site, which helps overcome the effect of the line running down the corner of the pitcher. In the small version here it looks like a seam in the metal, but is really just an unfortunate reflection. I'll leave it to those of you better-versed in the period to interpret Ulysses' characterization of the piece as a 'sly monument'. IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 10-08-2008 07:17 PM
Sly, because it's small (8"H) and monuments aren't usually small. It's a monument stylistically and technically, because it represents a moment when Tiffany & Co. became globally important manufacturers of silver, with Edward C. Moore as their chief designer. He was an orientalist, and this little pitcher represents a combination of Japanesque designs of the utmost sophistication, with mixed-metal inlay work that was unequalled in the West. This piece is as good on the back as on the front, and while completely western, embodies the best of western adaptation of Oriental ideas. I don't know who got it--most museums don't buy much at auction, so probably to a smart private collector. IP: Logged |
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