1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL ''POMPEIAN'' VASE, MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1900, DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM

1900 PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE: AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL "POMPEIAN" VASE
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1900, DESIGNED BY PAULDING FARNHAM
On spreading circular base with gadrooned rim, rising to a amphora-form body chased with lobes spaced by reeded arches, the shoulders enameled with stylized red lyres and yellow flowers above scrolling green foliage, neck chased with shells and flowering vines, the upswung openwork handles cast with climbing vines and terminating in two swan heads, the handles topped by stylized pierced rosettes, marked on underside, numbered 13899-1120 and with 1900 Paris Exposition mark
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high
98 oz. 16 dwt. (3,073 gr.)

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Issac Albert, to their daughter,
Dr. Barbara S. Miller, thence by descent to the present owner

PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION