Lot 206

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TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK STUDENT LAMP W/ DAMASCENE SHADE. Features a decorated adjustable student base. The platform is bordered with 4 applied rope-twist strands. The center border has 7 rope-twist coils, with a single bead in the center, applied near the platform's top. Out of the platform is a bulbous riser, fixed with a 17" high shaft, which is capped with scolled "T" finial. On the shaft is the light fixture which is adjustable by a single knurled setscrew in the back. The spherical portion of this cluster is mounted with a rope-twist coil front and back, this spherical cluster is the connection point for the oil coming from the main canister to the oil font. The canisters casing is highly decorated with a coiled border above a quadrangular midsection. The lower part tapers in. The top of the canister is covered in vertical and horizontal rope-twist strands with a single beaded section at the concave midsection. The top shows a single coil with 5 beads around the edge and 1 in the center. This original canister reads on the underside, "Close The Valve After Filling". The font side of the lamp is attached with a long tube arm. The main shaft is wrapped in several rope-twist strands and one beaded strand. Above and below shows some reticulated sections. The "cased" damascene shade is bell shaped and is trumpeted at the top. It is iridescent green with vertical darker striations twisting around to the left. At the top of the shade, the ribbed striations are raised, tapering down to flush at the bottom rim. The shade sits on a 10" ring with a single twisted border. The shade is signed L.C.T. Favrile. The base is marked 25565, it is in very good, clean condition with a nice green/brown patina, electrified. The shade is in good clean and original condition. 16"W x 23.5"H x 10.5"D.
Estimated Value $7,000 - 9,000.

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September 27, 2008 11:00 AM EDT
Pittsfield, MA, US

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