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299.
Tiffany Studios Lamp Base with Iridescent Glass Shade
Patinated bronze and art glass
New York, early 20th century
Converted oil font fitted with a single socket, marked Tiffany
Studios New York 24085 and cipher, fitted into squat bulbous
base, all in verdigris finish, the blown iridescent art glass shade
with dimpled sides in green and brown iridescence marked
L.C.T. S1039 on aperture rim, aperture 4, ht. of shade 8 1/2,
total ht. 15 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
300.
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910)
Study for Side Lancets of Facade Windows, Trinity Church,
Boston, c. 1880
Unsigned, stamped with La Farge’s personal seal in red
l.c., inscribed “Trinity Church/side windows of W. Side” l.c.,
numbered “G 2218” on mount l.c., numbered “116” on a label
affixed to mount.
Watercolor and graphite, sheet size 6 11/16 x 2 in., framed.
Provenance: Estate of John La Farge, New York, 1910-11;
[sale, American Art Association, New York, 29-31 Mar. 1911
(864)]; purchase, Otto Weir Heinigke Sr., New York, 1911-d.
1915; his son, Otto Weir Heinigke Jr., New York, 1915-57;
purchase, Frederick L. Leuchs, Monterey, Massachusetts,
1957-84; Sean M. McNally, Ridgewood, New Jersey, private
collection, New Jersey.
Exhibitions: William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, John La Farge:
An American Master (1835-1910), 14 Jul.-30 Sept. 1989, no. 38.
Note: Between 1880 and 1883, La Farge executed a tall, threelancet
facade window for Trinity Church, Boston. The window
consists of a figure of Christ preaching in the central lancet,
with two flanking lancets of architectonic shapes in a Byzantine
style. According to Dr. James L. Yarnall, the present work is
a study for the side lancets, corresponding closely to the final
design of the two side lancets. It was the first folio in a portfolio
of drawings purchased by Otto Weir Heinigke Sr. at La Farge’s
estate sale in 1911.
We wish to thank Dr. James L. Yarnall for his assistance with
cataloguing the lot.
$1,000-1,200
301.
Mosaic Slag Glass and Bronze Table Lamp
Early 20th century
Pierced bronze heat cap over domed shade composed of gold,
brown, blue, and opalescent white lapped leaf segments issuing
striated yellow and white petal segments, over three sockets,
and round cushion-form bronze base with raised birds perched
on branches, partial Christie’s auction label on shade interior, ht.
20, shade dia. 18 in.
$3,000-5,000
302.
Hanging Fixture with Tiffany Studios Glass Shade
Bronze and art glass
New York, early 20th century
Bronze collar with six wide-banded spokes and dark bronze and
verdigris patina supporting a two-tone opalescent yellow striped
and ribbed shade, inscribed LCT, and no. 8963, the two-socket
fixture suspended from a bronze “S” hook, total ht. 16, dia. 11
1/4 in.
$3,000-4,000
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