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THBArt Nouveau Favrile Glass & Bronze Candlestick
Lot 171a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Viking, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine / Visual Arts, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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North America, possibly Tiffany Studios, New York, USA. Favrile glass and brass adjustable candlestick, ca. 1900. Bronze screw attachments for glass cups are numbered (62, 123, and 6T). An elegant adjustable candlestick with a decorated foot and slender stem. The stem branches out with three arms that present floriform favrile glass cups and bronze bobeche inserts for each candle cup. Each floriform gold favrile glass cup boasts beautiful iridescence of fuchsia, violet, and aqua hues as well as striations of coppery plum hues around the ribbed bodies, flared necks, and scalloped rims. The candlestick is adjustable via its attractive floral shaped knob. Simply stunning! Size: 5.75" W x 22" H (14.6 cm x 55.9 cm)
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) developed a type of iridescent art glass called Favrile glass in the 1890s, patenting Favrile glass in 1894. The name "Favrile" was derived from an Old English word "Frabrile" which means hand made. Favrile glass stands apart from other types of iridescent glass, because the coloring is actually embedded into the glass itself. Winning the grand prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition solidified Tiffany's international fame as one of the stars of Art Nouveau glassmaking!
Tiffany's experimentation with Favrile glass led to his discovery that treating molten glass with metallic oxides increased the level of absorption and resulted in mesmerizing iridescence as one can see in this example. This innovation was a marked improvement over earlier glassworks that were painted over with enamels in order to amplify their brilliance. By contrast, Tiffany's glassworks were significantly more impressive, presenting complex coloration as well as sensitively delineated natural forms and motifs. He and his team could create organic motifs like the applied lily pad motifs visible on the candle cup of this candlestick, akin to a virtuosic painter.
See a similar candlestick albeit with jeweled cups in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1988, p. 384, plate 1566.
Provenance: ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from 1970 to 2000
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#172504Overall excellent with some patination and a few very minor casting flaws on candlestick. Glass free of chips save minute flea bites to base of one glass cup which is covered by the bronze screw attachment below it. Each glass cup's bronze screw attachment unscrews from the candlestick, and the screw attachments are numbered (62, 123, and 6T). Note: only one of the glass cups easily unscrews from the screw attachment below to reveal the base of the glass cup. Quite a beauty!Condition
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