拍品 118
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A SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY AND PARCEL-GILT CIGAR HOLDER**
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A SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY AND PARCEL-GILT CIGAR HOLDER**

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1881; DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES OSBORNE

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A SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY AND PARCEL-GILT CIGAR HOLDER**
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1881; DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES OSBORNE
Shaped oval on six pad feet, the silver body with a hammered surface and applied silver-gilt chyrsanthemums and scrolling tendrils, the ivory tusk with a bevelled glass bottom, marked on base
6½in. high
出版
John Loring, Tiffany's 150 Years, 1987, illus. p. 72
注意事项
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拍品专文

It is likely that this cigar holder was designed by Charles Osborne. Osborne (b.1847) worked at Tiffany from 1879-87 and rapidly established himself as a talented designer in the Japanesque style. His work is characterized by swirling forms, pearl decoration, flowers, and marine motifs.