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Tiffany Studios (1899-1919) Rare and Unusual Butterfly Table Lamp1897-98patinated bronze filigree, Favrile glass, apparently unmarkedheight 22in (55.5cm); diameter 6in (15cm) image 1
Tiffany Studios (1899-1919) Rare and Unusual Butterfly Table Lamp1897-98patinated bronze filigree, Favrile glass, apparently unmarkedheight 22in (55.5cm); diameter 6in (15cm) image 2
Tiffany Studios (1899-1919) Rare and Unusual Butterfly Table Lamp1897-98patinated bronze filigree, Favrile glass, apparently unmarkedheight 22in (55.5cm); diameter 6in (15cm) image 3
Lot 24

Tiffany Studios (1899-1919)
Rare and Unusual Scarab Table Lamp
1897-98
patinated bronze filigree, Favrile glass, apparently unmarked
height 22in (55.5cm); diameter 6in (15cm)

6 – 7 October 2020, 11:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$75,075 inc. premium

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Tiffany Studios (1899-1919)

Rare and Unusual Scarab Table Lamp
1897-98
patinated bronze filigree, Favrile glass, apparently unmarked
height 22in (55.5cm); diameter 6in (15cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
Private Collection, Southampton, NY
Acquired from the above by the current owner, circa 1975

This rare lamp is supposedly one of only two known that Tiffany Studios created in this model and is the first portable electric lamp that Tiffany Studios produced for desk and table use, and is one of the earliest lamp models incorporate the use of Favrile glass in the shade.

The only other example of this model known to exist was sold at auction as part of the 'Warshawsky Corporate Collection', Sotheby's, New York, June 5, 1996, lot 92.

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