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THBJohn Ringling Monogrammed Ca d'Zan Decorative Ceramic Tile Tray
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522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveJan 19, 2025
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John Ringling Monogrammed Ca d'Zan Decorative Ceramic Tile Tray. Tile from the Ca d'Zan (House of John) that was the palatial estate of circus magnate and art collector John Ringling, now part of the grounds of the Ringling Museum of Art. Initials "JR" in center. Tray has four feet and raised edges.
Size: 11 x 9 x 3 in.
#8450 .
John Nicholas Ringling was born in McGregor, Iowa on May 31st, 1866, the fifth son in a performing family of seven sons and a daughter. The Ringlings started their first show in 1870 as “The Ringling Bros. United Monster Shows, Great Double Circus, Royal European Menagerie, Museum, Caravan, and Congress of Trained Animals,” charging a penny for admission. In 1882 it was known as “The Ringling Bros. Classic and Comic Concert Company.” By 1889 the circus was large enough to travel on railroad cars, rather than animal-drawn wagons. In 1905 John married Mable Burton, dividing most of their time between the show and a winter home in Sarasota, Florida. In 1907 he and four of his brothers (Alf, Al, Charles, and Otto) bought the Barnum & Bailey Circus from the estate of James Anthony Bailey, which earned them the nickname “The Circus Kings” in the United States. They ran the two circuses as separate entities until the end of the 1918 season, but when Otto died in 1911 and Al died in 1915 the strain of handling the empire began to grow. The task of keeping two massive circuses touring throughout World War I became too great, as new railroad restrictions and the 1918 flu pandemic took their toll as well, including the death of their other brother Henry. After wintering in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1918 they debuted at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 29th, 1919 as the enormous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Alf’s death in 1919 led remaining brothers Charles and John to refocus their efforts on Sarasota where they had been having success in real estate speculation, and the Winter Quarters were permanently moved there. The move was finally completed in 1927, just a few months after Charles died, leaving John the sole leader of the circus behemoth. Determined to preserve the family legacy, he remained President and continued to manage the circus throughout the 1920s. His bayfront property in Sarasota was acquired from Mary Louise and Charles N. Thompson, another circus manager. Ringling commissioned a 30-room mansion which was inspired by Venetian Gothic palaces, designed by New York architect Dwight James Baum, and built by Owen Burns. It was completed in 1926 and named Cà d'Zan, meaning “The House of John” in Venetian. He traveled the world looking for new acts for his circus, and it was during these travels to Europe that he began establishing a collection of old world masterpieces and a collection of Baroque art, including five immense tapestries of the Eucharist by Peter Paul Rubens. In 1929 John bought the American Circus Corporation, which consisted of the Sells-Floto Circus, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the John Robinson Circus, the Sparks Circus, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and the Al G. Barnes Circus. With that acquisition, Ringling created a monopoly of all of the major traveling circuses in America. Tragically, the Great Depression destroyed it all, as John was voted out of control of his business in 1932 by the board of directors for his poor financial decisions involving ranches, railroads, and oil fields. He was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1933, and unpaid loans combined with failing health led him to lose everything except his Sarasota home, a museum he had built on the grounds, and his extensive art collection. Mable had died in June 1929 and he had remarried a year later to Emily Haag Buck, who divorced him in July 1936. John died on December 2nd, 1936 in New York City. Once one of the world’s wealthiest men, he died with only $311 in the bank. At his death he willed his mansion, museum, and entire art collection to the state of Florida. His name is now synonymous with the city he developed, from the Ringling College of Art and Design to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art to the John Ringling Causeway that connects Sarasota with the nearby Keys. After his death the circus was operated by his nephew, John Ringling North, who finally sold it to promoters Irvin Feld and Israel Feld in 1967, the founders of the live show juggernaut Feld Entertainment headquartered in nearby Palmetto, Florida. In 1991 John, Mable, and his sister Ida were exhumed from their original resting places and reburied in front of the Cà d'Zan. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus eventually closed in the face of weakening attendance, animal rights protests, and high operating costs, performing its final show on May 21st, 2017, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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11 x 9 x 3 in.
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