L.C. Tiffany museum collection earns $4 million

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Michaan’s Auctions reports making more than $4 million in sales in just under three hours Nov. 17, 2012, during the firm’s Treasures of Louis C. Tiffany from the Garden Museum, Japan Auction, which reflects interest for Tiffany items of extraordinary caliber remaining strong in all markets.

$324,500. Tiffany Studios Parakeets and Goldfish Bowl tea screen. Manufactured by the Jewelry Department at Tiffany & Co., the tea screen serves as a compendium of enamelling techniques which required several trips to the firing kiln to achieve the different degrees of translucency in the enamel, from the opacity of the parakeets and cherry blossoms to the clarity of the water in the fish bowl. Photo courtesy Michaan’s Auctions

The top lot of the day proved to be a parakeet and goldfish bowl ornamented tea screen held by an 18 karat gold frame that earned $324,500.

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A powerful force of the auction was found in the selection of flower form vases. One such vase was seen in lot 090; with a final selling price of $236,000, the vase features a broad undulating mouth and fine vein work. Two additional flower form vases followed suit in producing sales success, as lots 094 and 110 both sold for more than two times their projected high values, at $64,900 and $38,350 respectively.

Rounding out the top figures of the day was an alamander chandelier of abundant lemon yellow blooms against a background of mottled confetti glass (lot 023, $212,400) and a magnificent window depicting a flowering magnolia tree in a serene landscape at sunset (lot 093, $177,000).

Complete results for the Treasures of Louis C. Tiffany from the Garden Museum, Japan Auction is available online at Michaan’s Auctions‘ website.

Michaan’s follow-up sale of additional Tiffany selections from the Garden Museum Collection, along with consigned lots from other sources, is scheduled to be auctioned on May 11, 2013.

For general information, contact Michaan’s Auctions at 510-740-0220, ext. 0 or email info@michaans.com.

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: $165,200. Louis Comfort Tiffany (American 1848-1933) “Beach Scene, Sea Bright, New Jersey” oil on canvas; 31 inches by 55 inches. Signed and dated lower left, Louis C. Tiffany 1919.

: $118,000. Louis Comfort Tiffany (American 1848-1933) “Family Group with Oxen,” oil on board, 22 3/4 inches by 35 1/8 inches, circa 1888. Unsigned. This painting presumably shows Tiffany’s children, Mary, Hilda, twins Louise and Julia, and his son, Charles Lewis II, with his second wife, Louise, mother of the twins.

: $212,400. Tiffany Studios Alamander chandelier, depicting a profusion of blossoms against a background of mottled confetti glass. Shade is Impressed Tiffany Studios, New York; 28 1/4-inch shade diameter.

: $118,000. Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom window, 60 1/4 inches high by 30 1/2 inches wide (in museum frame). [Without frame: 50 inches high by 20 1/2 inches wide.] Depicting an apple tree in full bloom, its limbs covered in flowers. With a dramatic cloud streaked sky in the distance, and a stylized body of water entering the scene from the right side. The panel bears a metal tag impressed “Tiffany Studios New York,” circa 1915.

: $65,000. Tiffany Studios Aquamarine vase. Introduced around 1911-12, Aquamarine glass was the last major technique publicized by the firm. Inscribed L.C.Tiffany-Favrile 5202G. Height 9 7/8 inches.

: $100,300. Tiffany Studios ciborium. A ciborium is a covered chalice containing the consecrated wafers or pieces of bread served during the sacrament of Holy Communion. Inscribed 15594 TIFFANY & Co. MAKERS 18KT SOLID GOLD C 1634 Marie E de M Amour Reconnaissance, with original velvet-lined box. 18-karat gold, 44.17 ounces, 1903; 11 3/4 inches high.

: $129,800. Tiffany Studios Daffodil Table Lamp. This base is a wonderful example of favrile glass blown through bronze. The shade is especially stirring with its vivid use of confetti glass as a background to the blossoms. Shade: Impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1449. Base: Bronze with blown glass, impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK and 28621, with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. Logo. Height 21 inches; 16-inch shade diameter.

$$141,600. Tiffany Studios Dragonfly table lamp, 20 inches high, 14-inch shade diameter. Dragonfly shade is mounted on one of the most sought after and rare bases, which is decorated with three dragonflies in heavy relief bronze and an inlay of iridescent mosaic favrile glass tiles that continue up the shaft of the base. The shade features fractured (or confetti) favrile glass forming the wings of the blue bodied dragonflies. Shade is impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK NY 1585; base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 356.$: $141,600. Tiffany Studios Dragonfly table lamp, 20 inches high, 14-inch shade diameter. Dragonfly shade is mounted on one of the most sought after and rare bases, which is decorated with three dragonflies in heavy relief bronze and an inlay of iridescent mosaic favrile glass tiles that continue up the shaft of the base. The shade features fractured (or confetti) favrile glass forming the wings of the blue bodied dragonflies. Shade is impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK NY 1585; base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 356.

: $236,000. Tiffany Studios flowerform vase with a broad, undulating mouth; 14 3/8 inches high.

: $64,900. Tiffany Studios flowerform vase. Inscribed o2417; 14 1/8 inches high.

: $64,900. Tiffany Studios cameo flowerform vase, inscribed L.C.T. W6778; 14 1/8 inches high.

: $59,000. Tiffany Studios inkstand, 3 1/2 inches high, 5 1/2 inches in diameter, decorated with intaglio-carved salmon-pink and emerald-green peony sprays, topped with a Mexican fire opal. Cameo Favrile glass with jewelled and enamelled silver cover and mount, 1907, glass inscribed L.C.Tiffany-Favrile T4820.

: $177,000. Tiffany Studios Magnolia Landscape window depicting a flowering magnolia tree in the foreground of a serene landscape, with a river meandering down from a mountainous pass to a lake. Unsigned. Circa 1912. Height of panel 44 1/4 inches by 30 1/4 inches wide. Height with frame 55 inches by 40 inches wide.

: $76,700. Tiffany Studios millefiore paperweight vase. The millefiore technique (literally ‘thousand flowers’) has existed since at least the 2nd century B.C. Tiny glass motif cross-section segments are applied to the object at hand, which is then reheated to fuse the millefiori into its surface. This example contains several superimposed layers of decoration within a thick outer wall of glass. Inscribed Louis C. Tiffany P2386. Height 11 3/4 inches.

: $82,600. Tiffany Studios pair of claw foot andirons. Gilt-bronze surmounted with favrile glass turtleback tiles, unsigned. With ribbed columns and gadrooned lion’s paw feet; 23 1/2 inches high.

: $106,200. Tiffany Studios Pony Wisteria table lamp. In the firm’s literature, Pony refers to certain miniature models. Shade: Impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK. Base: Impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 249. Height 15 1/2 inches; 10-inch shade diameter.

: $141,600. Tiffany Studios Rambling Rose table lamp, mounted on a rare bronze base that features green favrile glass blown into the openings in the bronze which exist from just above the elaborate lower section up to the light cluster. Shade is unsigned; base is impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 25873, with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. Logo; 25 inches high; 16-inch shade diameter.

: $64,900. Tiffany Studios reactive paperweight vase. Inscribed 18 A-Coll. L.C.Tiffany-Favrile; 5 3/8 inches high.

: $70,800. Tiffany Studios scent bottle-on-stand, circa 1900. Inscribed mark “Ex.” identifies the piece as one displayed at an international exhibition, such as a World’s Fair or one of the annual Paris Salons. The rampant Art Nouveau exuberance of its foliate mount, uncharacteristic of Tiffany’s standard style suggests that the piece was designed specifically for display in Paris. Collar and cover impressed TIFFANY & CO. and 18K (twice), bottle inscribed L.C.T 9270, stand inscribed Louis C. Tiffany Ex., impressed TIFFANY & CO. Height on stand 7 1/16 inches; length of bottle 6 15/16 inches.

: $76,700. Tiffany Studios exposition scent bottle-on-stand. Glass, the gold mount set with amethysts. The Art Nouveau theme of its plant mount suggests that the piece was included in the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. display rather than in the conservative Tiffany & Co. booth alongside it in the American pavilion. Stand inscribed Paris Exposition 1900 Louis C. Tiffany 14K, and impressed TIFFANY & CO 8415. Circa 1900; 7 1/4 inches high.

: $324,500. Tiffany Studios Parakeets and Goldfish Bowl tea screen. Manufactured by the Jewelry Department at Tiffany & Co., the tea screen serves as a compendium of enamelling techniques which required several trips to the firing kiln to achieve the different degrees of translucency in the enamel, from the opacity of the parakeets and cherry blossoms to the clarity of the water in the fish bowl. Photo courtesy Michaan’s Auctions

: $76,700. Tiffany Studios turtle back tile clock. This very heavy clock is made entirely of iridescent blue, green, and purple turtle back tiles set in bronze. Case unsigned, the enamelled dial signed Tiffany & Co.; 13 inches high.

: $112,100. Tiffany Studios Venetian/ Ninth Century table lamp. Part of both the Venetian and Ninth Century desk set patterns. The base is adorned with bands of circular glass cabochons that simulate the precious jewels (rubies and garnets) worn as personal adornment by the era’s nobility and wealthy merchant class. Shade is impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 515-6; base is impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 515; 20 inches high; 13 1/8-inch shade diameter.

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