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Inkstand with Turtle Back Top

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1906

MediumBronze | Glass

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 x 4 in. (9.8 x 10.2 cm)

InscribedImpressed on bottom of a foot: "TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK" and on another foot bottom: "1067".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2701

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 41

Published ReferencesKoch, GLASS-BRONZES-LAMPS, p. 90, Fig. 100, & p. 179 "Inkstand single, round, 3 legged, jeweled T. B. top (turtleback)-$20". (1906-1913 catalog). Paul E. Doros, _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1978) 144, #211.