Historical Design I Tiffany & Co. / Albert Barney American Art Deco sterling demitasse pot 1936

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Tiffany & Co. / Albert Barney American Art Deco sterling demitasse pot 1936

ALBERT BARNEY (? -1955) American
JOHN C. MOORE (1907-1947) New York
TIFFANY & COMPANY (1868-) New York

“Century Modern” chocolate or demitasse pot 1936

Handwrought sterling silver, fiber handle and finial

Stamped: TIFFANY & Co. MAKERS, 22172 (pattern/date system number), 5244(order number), STERLING SILVER, 925-1000, m (John C. Moore, designer), 5 GILLS

For a related modernist service and information about Century Modern silver exhibited at the 1939 New York World’s Fair see: Tiffany Silver, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978) pp. 256, 259-261

For more information see: Tiffany Silver, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978) pp. 256, 259-261; Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: The Antique Collector’s Club, 1998), p. 240.

H: 8″ x W: 5″ x D: 3 1/4″

Category: Archive. Tags: 1936, Albert Barney, American, Art Deco, demitasse, Pot, Sterling, Tiffany & Co..

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CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK

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“Crow’s foot” spoon warmer 1878

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Two other examples are recorded but with complex Victorican engraving.

Illustrated: Christopher Dresser and Japan, exh. cat. ed. by Koriyami City Museum of Art, Brain Trust Inc. (Koriyami 2002), cat. no. 114, p. 138; Christopher Dresser, ein Viktorianischer Designer, 1834-1904, (Cologne: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1981) cat. no. 15; Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 33.

H: 4 3/4” x W: 7”
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Lötz Witwe / Hans Ofner Austrian Art glass vase c. 1920

HANS OFNER attr. (1880-1939) Austria
JOH. LÖTZ WITWE Klostermühle, Bohemia

Vase c. 1920

Handblown cobalt glass with undulating metallic chartreuse bands, four applied glass teardrops at the rim

For related examples by Ofner see: Innen Dekoration, “Lötz glass by Hans Ofner,” 1906.

For the identical glass technique see: Lötz: Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Vol. 1, Helmut Ricke and Ernst Ploil (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1989), p. 294, ill. no. 357.

H: 4 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/4″

Price: $3,500

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