Lot 28
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A SILVER-MOUNTED COLORED GLASS FLASK FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
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A SILVER-MOUNTED COLORED GLASS FLASK FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1893

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A SILVER-MOUNTED COLORED GLASS FLASK FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1893
The ruby stained flask of compressed globular form, cut with stylized flowerheads and scrollwork, the stopper with silver knop etched with wheat, marked under base 11191 4063 and with Columbian Exposition mark
8¼ in. high

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Lot Essay

Several decanters were displayed by Tiffany & Co. at the 1893 Exposition. Tiffany's catalogue includes a decanter closely related to the present lot, described as a flask of "red glass, rock-crystal cutting, silver mounting, enamel flowers, and etched and enamel stopper." See John Blades and John Loring, Tiffany at the World's Columbian Exposition, 2006, pp. 132-33.

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