Live Auction 2373Important English, Continental and American Silver
AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CAROUSEL
Lot 183 PROPERTY OF A GERMAN COLLECTOR

AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CAROUSEL

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1990, DESIGNED BY GENE MOORE

Closed19 May 2010

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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CAROUSEL
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1990, DESIGNED BY GENE MOORE
The revolving carousel on circular base, and set with enameled horses, giraffe, rabbit, zebra, tiger and camel, all surmounted by a vari-colored enamel tent with flags and canopy, with electrical musical mechanism, cord, and fitted Tiffany box, marked on base
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) diameter, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 358 oz. 10 dwt. (11,156 gr.) gross weight

Specialist note

A carousel of the same design sold in these Rooms, 22 May 2009, lot 65 and another carousel is illustrated in Gene Moore, My Time at Tiffany's, 1990, p. 201. The carousel animals move up-and-down to the tune of the "Carousel Waltz."