Description:
Tiffany Studios Counterbalance Floor Lamp Base
Bronze
New York, early 20th century, model 471, designed 1905, Alvin J. Tucker
Single socket pendant from a gooseneck arm with eggplant weight, raised on four straight legs with spade feet, in a verdigris patina, two feet marked Tiffany Studios, New York, one also numbered 471, max ht. approx. 57 1/2 in.
Literature: This model pictured in Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps, by Robert Koch, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 133, fig. 215.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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