ca. 1906–12
American
Containers
Decorative Arts
bronze, oyster shell
Overall: 3 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (8.89 × 19.05 × 19.05 cm)
85.84
Marked on base: Tiffany Studios/new York/856/6
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
"Art Nouveau Today," VMFA, 1976
John Loring, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., p. 195;

Alastair Duncan, Fine de Siecle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, Abbeville Press, NY, 1989, pp. 60-61

Harry N. Abrams, NY, Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware. Antique Collectors' Club, England, 2007, p. 430, no. 1710;
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