Lot 314
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A GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIRCUS FIGURES
PROPERTY FROM THE ORANGE BLOSSOM COLLECTION
A GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIRCUS FIGURES

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1990, DESIGNED BY GENE MOORE

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A GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIRCUS FIGURES
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1990, DESIGNED BY GENE MOORE
Comprising two balancing women with parasols, one on the back of a galloping horse, a roller skating bear, a giraffe carousel figure on a rectangular base, a female snake charmer, an elephant balancing with two feet raised on a pedestal, a juggling clown, a male equilibrist, and a tiger on a pedestal with his trainer holding a hoop, each cast in silver and with various color enamel, marked TIFFANY & CO, STERLING, some further marked 925
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high, overall, the elephant on pedestal
89 oz. 4 dwt. (2,774 gr.) gross weight

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Gene Moore joined Tiffany & Co. in 1955 as a window display designer, becoming famous for avante garde windows and his relationship with contemporary artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Over his 39 years with the firm Moore decorated more than 5,000 windows, along with designing fanciful items such as the circus figures offered here.

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