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The Collector: Venezuela to Rhode Island

Sat, Oct 19, 2024 12:00PM EDT
  2024-10-19 12:00:00 2024-10-19 12:00:00 America/New_York Associated Estate & Appraisal Co Associated Estate & Appraisal Co : The Collector: Venezuela to Rhode Island https://bid.associatedestate.com/auctions/associated-estate-appraisal/the-collector-venezuela-to-rhode-island-16673
Associated Estate and Appraisal Co. is delighted to present a premier collection for auction, featuring 19 original prints by famed naturalist and artist, John James Audubon. These exceptional works offer collectors the unique opportunity to acquire a piece of American art history. The auction also includes a stunning still life painting by Vietnamese-French artist, Le Pho, a charcoal on paper sketch by Armando Reverón, and a variety of fine jewelry, porcelain dinnerware, and sterling silver pieces.
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Lot 119

Paulding Farnham for Tiffany & Co. Enamel Brooch

Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Starting Bid
$7,500

Bid Increments

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12 grams

30mm x 44mm

Paulding Farnham, the famed 19th-century designer for Tiffany & Co., first debuted 24 varieties of his iconic orchid brooches at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. Tiffany received the Gold Medal for Jewelry at the exhibition largely due to the success of the enameled orchids which were praised by French and American jewelers and critics alike. The New York Times wrote on March 13, 1889, “Tiffany & Co (has) been studying for two years to bring about a satisfactory result in this direction (enameling) and the outcome thoroughly justifies the labor.” The orchids were also praised in a Jeweler’s Weekly article, stating the orchids to be “so perfectly copied after nature as to inspire unqualified admiration…such fidelity is manifested as temporary to deceive the observer into a belief that real flowers have been placed in the showcases with the jewelry.” The extraordinary popularity of the orchids inspired the firm to increase the number of varieties on offer from 24 to 41 by April of 1890.

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AAMS Completed