'Milkweed Pod' Covered Box, circa 1908
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'Milkweed Pod' Covered Box, circa 1908
stained oak
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter
with custom Garden Museum Collection case
'Milkweed Pod' Covered Box, circa 1908
stained oak
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter
with custom Garden Museum Collection case
Provenance
Joseph Briggs, Head of the Mosaic Department, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company and Tiffany Studios, New York
Thence by descent
Neil Harrington, Apopka, Florida
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012
Thence by descent
Neil Harrington, Apopka, Florida
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012
Literature
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, p. 164, no. 234 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 356 (present lot illustrated), 369 (for a period photograph of the model seemingly in plaster)
M. Eidelberg, N. Gray and M. K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, London, 2007, pp. 110-111, fig. 66 (for the above period photograph)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 356 (present lot illustrated), 369 (for a period photograph of the model seemingly in plaster)
M. Eidelberg, N. Gray and M. K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, London, 2007, pp. 110-111, fig. 66 (for the above period photograph)
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