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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 11, 2024 | Christie's | New York | Tiffany | 203 | $****** - ****** | Rare ‘Pony Begonia" Table Lamp |
sculpture
34.3 x 34.3 cm (13.5 x 13.5 in)
leaded glass, patinated bronze
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 384 and S878
Tiffany & Co., Paris
Theodor Bühler, Villa Waldbühl, Uzwil, Switzerland, 1911
Thence by descent to the present owner
“Ein grosses Wohnhaus von M. H. Baillie Scott in der Schweiz,” Das Werk , vol. 5, Zurich, May 1937, pp. 140-152 (for a discussion of Villa Waldbühl)
Dr. E. Neustadt, Lamps of Tiffany , New York, 1970, pp. 199, nos. 270-271 (shade and base model); 206, no. 278 (base model); 214, nos. 285-286 (base model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany"s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps , New York, 1971, p. 196, no. 45 (base model)
J. D. Kornwolf, M. H. Baillie Scott and the Arts and Crafts Movement: Pioneers of Modern Design , Baltimore, 1972, pp. 427, 429, and 544-545 (for a discussion of Villa Waldbühl)
K. Medici-Mall, Das Landhaus Waldbühl von M.H. Baillie Scott , Bern, 1979, p. 112, fig. 85 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction , New York, 1981, pp. 69, nos. 188 and 190 (base model); 97, nos. 263 and 265 (base model); 99, nos. 269 (shade and base model) and 271 (base model)
W. Feldstein, Jr. and A. Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios , New York, 1983, pp. 152-153 (shade and base model)
D. Haigh, Baillie Scott: The Artistic House , Lanham, 1995, pp. 106-109, 127 (for a discussion of Villa Waldbühl)
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany , New York, 2005, pp. 157 and 159 (shade and base model)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware , Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 79, no. 294 (shade and base model); 91, no. 349 (base model); 126, no. 489 (base model)
P. Crist, Tiffany Lamps: A History, Mosaic Shades, Volume I , Santa Fe Springs, 2023, p. 189, no. 6-143
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Rare ‘Pony Begonia" Table Lamp, circa 1910
leaded glass, patinated bronze
17 in. (43.2 cm) high, 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 384 and S878
