Match Holder
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Date1920
MediumGilt bronze
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (8.9 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm)
InscribedStamped on bottom: "Tiffany Studios/New York/1684".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.461
Not on view
DescriptionRectangular base with match holder in center. The base doubles as an ash receiver. Decorated with fields of richly chased ornament relieved by a deeply carved band of ermines on the edge. Style used extensively by 16th century Venetian leather craftsmen.Published ReferencesKoch, GLASS-BRONZE-LAMPS, (Crown: New York, 1971), p. 96, pl. 123, illus. #1684.
