ID 1126396
Lot 18 | AN AMERICAN 20-KARAT GOLD AND ENAMEL VASE
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1912; THE ENAMELS DESIGNED BY FREDERIC REMINGTON (AMERICAN, 1861-1909)
Amphora form with two up-swung reeded loop handles terminating in stylized arrowheads, the neck enameled on either side with a Native American figure on horseback in translucent shaded amber within red geometric enamel borders, the circular foot similarly enameled with stylized flutes and border of triangles, marked on underside TIFFANY & CO / MAKERS / 20KT. GOLD;
Together with a leather-bound folio embossed in gilt THE FREDERIC REMINGTON VASE below the profile of a Native American chief, the interior with mid 20th century photographs depicting the vase, typed documentation describing the making of the vase and an invoice dated 25 September 1953
18 ¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high
76 oz. 16 dwt. (2,388 gr.)
Provenance
George Jay Gould (1864-1923), presented by the board of directors of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, upon his retirement as chairman of the board on 4 January 1912.
With Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, by September 1953, sold,
Amon G. Carter Sr. (1879-1955), Fort Worth, Texas, thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
The New York Sun, reproduced in The Evening Sun, Baltimore, "Give George Gould a Vase," 12 October 1912.
The Railroad and Engineering Review, "Gold Vase to George Gould," 12 October 1912.
M. Vinson, Edward Eberstadt & Sons Rare Booksellers of Western Americana, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 2016, p. 119.
| Manufactur: | Tiffany & Co. |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gold, Plastic |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Manufactur: | Tiffany & Co. |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gold, Plastic |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
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