Tiffany Studios (American, active 1878-1933) A "Jeweled

Tiffany Studios (American, active 1878-1933) A "Jeweled Turtleback" Desk Lamp, New York, circa 1905

Favrile glass, patinated bronze
Base impressed: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 408"

(H: 14 1/4, W: 9, D: 5 1/2 in.)

Qty: (1)

Provenance

Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1969
Acquired from the above
The Estate of Gabriele Lee

Footnote:

Literature

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware (2007), pg. 87
Martin Eidelberg, "Tiffany's Lamps and "Fancy Goods" in ed. Rosalind M. Pepall, Tiffany: Color and Light (2009), pg. 182
Condition Report: one of the turtleback tiles is missing a glass backing plate to the interior; the intact glass backing plate to the other turtleback tile has a crack, and has a piece of scotch tape over the end of the crack; lamp arms are slightly bent / off-center; the metal trim surrounding the tiles on the exterior have some wear, including some knicks to upper edge and some losses / splitting along outer seams, evidence of re-soldering to lower edge of trim on one side (fluoresces under UV light) where seam is separating; overall with nice patination to metal throughout; does not operate, will need to be rewired in order to function.