A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER-GILT PAGODA-FORM CANDLESTICKS

FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, MARK OF UBALDO VITALI, MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, LATE 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER-GILT PAGODA-FORM CANDLESTICKS
FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, MARK OF UBALDO VITALI, MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, LATE 20TH CENTURY
Formed as five-story hexagonal pagodas engraved with masonry, the removable tops revealing crenelated sconces, marked on undersides
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
44 oz. 4 dwt. (1,375 gr.)

Provenance

Acquired from Tiffany & Co., New York in 1978 by Ann and Gordon Getty.

Literature

Loring, John and Henry B. Platt, The New Tiffany Table Settings, New York, 1981, pp. 28-30.
Loring, John, A Tiffany Christmas, New York, 1996, p. 57 (silver examples of this model).

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Silversmith and conservator Ubaldo Vitali (b. 1944) was awarded the MacArthur fellowship, unofficially known as the 'Genius Grant' in 2012. His work can be found in the collection of Yale University Art Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Newark Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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