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Tiffany Studios New York Lacquered Bronze "Volcano" Humidor
$15,000
£11,372.28
€13,137.41
CA$21,237.24
A$23,824.17
CHF 12,317.80
MX$287,332.58
NOK 156,708.23
SEK 146,772.14
DKK 98,049.38
About the Item
This lacquered bronze “Volcano” humidor by Tiffany Studios New York features a dramatic design of a submarine volcano surrounded by sea urchins, created by Munich artist Ludwig Vierthaler during his time with Tiffany in the late 1890s. After training at Tiffany & Co. and Tiffany Studios in New York, Vierthaler returned to Germany, where he emerged as a central figure in the Munich Secession. Profoundly influenced by German marine biologist Ernst Haeckel—whose Kunstformen der Natur (1899) helped shape the visual language of Art Nouveau—Vierthaler integrated organic motifs into the humidor’s design, notably the radial grooves and textured surfaces reminiscent of sea urchin shells depicted in Haeckel’s illustrations. The interior of the box is lined with Spanish cedar, a wood prized for its ability to maintain ideal humidity and temperature for cigar storage. Renowned for absorbing and releasing moisture as needed, Spanish cedar helps prevent cigars from becoming too dry or overly moist, while also acting as a natural insect repellent and imparting a pleasant, distinctive aroma.
Item #: T-21835
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States of America
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 2.75" height, 9" width, 5.75" depth.
Materials: Gilt Bronze, Felt
Signed: TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 11432
Literature: Similar humidors pictured in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988, p. 450, plate 1793; Similar humidor pictured in Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., by John Loring, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002, p. 238; Similar humidor also pictured in Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, by David A. Hanks, Richard H. Driehaus, Richard H. Driehaus Museum, The Monacelli Press, LLC, 2013, p. 164 fig. 55
Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes
An identical humidor belongs to the collection of Edgar Kauffman, Jr., at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Fallingwater was home to an exclusively Japanese and Japonisme collection, and Kauffman chose the humidor specifically for its Japanese-inspired metalwork and design.
- Creator:Tiffany Studios (Workshop/Studio)
- Dimensions:Height: 2.75 in (6.99 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1900
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- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: T-218351stDibs: LU885445141462
Tiffany Studios
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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Circa: 1906
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