The hand-crafted kerosene and early electric lighting fixtures created at Tiffany Studios now rank among the most coveted decorative objects in the world. Tiffany designs of any kind are emblematic of taste and craftsmanship, and Tiffany glass refers to far more than stained-glass windows and decorative glass objects. The iconic multimedia manufactory’s offerings include stained-glass floor lamps, chandeliers and enameled metal vases. The most recognizable and prized of its works are antique Tiffany Studios table lamps.
The name Tiffany generally prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany co-founded the former — Tiffany & Co., one of America’s most prominent purveyors of luxury goods — while his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.
Louis was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than join the family business, he studied painting with several teachers, notably the scenic painter Samuel Colman, while spending long periods touring Europe and North Africa. Though he painted his entire career, visits to continental churches sparked a passionate interest in stained glass. Tiffany began experimenting with the material and in 1875 opened a glass factory-cum-laboratory in Corona, Queens — the core of what eventually became Tiffany Studios.
In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. By 1902, along with glass, Tiffany was designing stained-glass lamps and chandeliers as well as enameled metal vases, boxes and bowls, and items such as desk sets and candlesticks. Today such pieces epitomize the rich aesthetics of their era.
The lion’s share of credit for Tiffany Studios table lamps and other fixtures has gone to Louis. However, it was actually Clara Driscoll (1861–1944), an Ohio native and head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department for 17 years, who was the genius behind the Tiffany lamps that are most avidly sought by today’s collectors. A permanent gallery of Tiffany lamps at the New-York Historical Society celebrates the anonymous women behind the desirable fixtures.
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Tiffany Studios New York Arts & Crafts Bronze Doré Desk Clock, Circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A very rare and exceptional antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze desk clock or mantel clock with Celtic knot designs By Tiffany Studios (signed to the face and under...
Bronze
Tiffany Bronze Desk Clock Bookmark Collection
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Toledo, OH
Tiffany Studios steeple top bronze desk clock in the Bookmark pattern, which features turn of the century publishers' stamps designs. Marked on rear door Tiffany Studios New York 185...
Bronze
1890s Arts and Crafts Advertising Grandfather Clock and Cabinet
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a very rare and unusual Arts and Crafts advertising clock display cabinet. It reads.. Time to Use Cedarine Furniture Polish. This example is as clean and fresh as it gets and...
Wood
Tiffany & Co. 18kt Yellow Gold and Enamel Small Desk Clock 1920's
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Longines for Tiffany & Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Small Desk Clock METAL / MATERIAL: 18Kt Solid Yellow Gold with Kiln Fire...
Gold
$12,000
H 13 in W 9.5 in D 5.75 in
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Charleston, SC
Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and resting on circular fluted base with the original five bal...
Bronze, Wire
Tiffany & Co. Bronze Clock
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage Tiffany & Co. French bronze clock dates from the late 19th century (1896). It is elaborately designed in the style of Louis XV & exhibits a m...
Bronze, Enamel
$325
H 2 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Frank Lloyd Wright Collection Geometric Table Desk Mantel Clock Authorized
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in San Diego, CA
An elegant vertical geometric table desk mantel battery operated clock produced as part of the official Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, featuring an “A Frank Lloyd Wright Collection™...
Glass, Plastic, Cherry
$10,800Sale Price / set|28% Off
H 21.5 in W 11 in D 7 in
Tiffany & Co. Ormulu Bronze Champlevé Enamel Mantel Clock Garniture
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Tiffany's clock case with enamel roman numbers and bronze snake dials. At the top, the clock is adorned with an Indian palace gallery and dome that has a crane finial over it and dragon head legs. The rectangular clock...
Bronze, Enamel
Arts & Crafts Oak Cased Mantel Clock with Copper Dial
Located in Norwich, GB
Arts & Crafts oak cased mantel clock. Two columns with brass capitals support either side of the dial with brass inlay decoration to the front panel. Copper dial...
Copper
Sèvres Porcelain with Doré Bronze Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sèvres Porcelain with doré bronze clock. Clock is not running.
Bronze
$1,430Sale Price|24% Off
H 4.5 in W 6.5 in D 2.5 in
Vintage Tiffany and Co. Square Brass Desk Clock, 1970s
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome 8 day, Swiss jeweled Tiffany and Co. square desk clock in patinated brass with stepped dial frame and two-tiered base. Face pivots between f...
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre World Time 8 Day Lacquered Bronze Midcentury Desk Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Jaeger LeCoultre Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: World Time with Date Feature METAL / MATERIAL: Lacquered Bronze CIRCA: 1950's MOVEMENT / CALIBER: 8 Day Manually Wound DIAL / HANDS: Bronze Dial, Dauphine Hands DIMENSIONS: 6.25 inches in diameter. Round Raised back 1" to 3" ATTACHMENT / LENGTH: / Regular Length WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement. Jaeger LeCoultre is renowned worldwide for their technological achievements in horology. They are the quiet designers behind Cartier's European Watch and Clock...
Bronze, Brass
Small Tiffany & Co. Desk Clock "The Atlas"
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Delft, NL
A Tiffany & Co. desk clock "The Atlas" A desk clock, made by Tiffany & Co. "The Atlas" The desk clock is battery operated and has a Swiss movement. The clock has a Roman hour numera...
Brass
Tiffany & Co. Desk Clock in Mahogany and Brass Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Tiffany & Co. desk clock in Mahogany and brass box. Inscription on brass plate s glued on. I assume it can b.e removed, or you can get another b...
Brass
Sold
H 10 in W 10.5 in D 5.5 in
"Art Deco" Pattern Enameled and Bronze Mantle Clock by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An exceptionally rare enameled and bronze mantle clock by, Tiffany Furnaces for Tiffany Studios decorated in the "Art Deco" pattern with red enameled decoration on the base, numbers ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York American Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Clock
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York American Art Nouveau gilt bronze clock by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The rectangular clock is decorated at the bottom with gr...
Tiffany Studios Spanish Pattern Mantle Clock
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau bronze "Spanish" pattern mantle clock by, Tiffany Studios decorated with a pagoda roof and two winged griffins on the side finished in its original gilt-bron...
Bronze
Grapevine Pattern Carriage Clock by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau bronze & glass "Grapevine" pattern carriage clock by, Tiffany Studios decorated with gilt bronze grapevine pattern filagree set with caramel - yellow and white glass...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Pattern Carriage Clock
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau gilt-bronze and glass "Pine Needle" pattern carriage clock by, Tiffany Studios with a gilt bronze pine needle decorated case with caramel stained glass and fi...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York gilt bronze and enamel clock. Face signed Tiffany & Co. New York. A similar clock is pictured in Tiffany Desk Sets, by William R. Holland, Atgen, PA: Schi...