Letter Clip
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Date1920
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm)
InscribedStamped on bottom: "Tiffany Studios/New York/1693".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.463
Not on view
DescriptionRectangular clip with strong spring. Decorated with fields of richly chased ornament relieved by a deeply carved band of ermines around the edge. Style used extensively by 16th century Venetian leather craftsmen in making tooled objects.Published ReferencesKoch, GLASS-BRONZE-LAMPS, (Crown: New York, 1971), p. 96, pl. 123, illus. #1693.
