AN AMERICAN SILVER VASE

The form of this vase, pattern number 11180, was designed by John T. Curran for three vases displayed by Tiffany & Co. at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition: The Owl Vase, illustrated in John Loring, Magnificent Tiffany Silver, 2001, p. 187, The Snail Vase, and the Terrapin Vase, the whereabouts of which are both unknown (Loring, p. 186). A similar vase engraved and etched with lotus and ferns and inlaid with copper was sold in these rooms, 23 May 2006, lot 24. Another similar vase etched with roses and poppies was sold Sotheby's New York, 18-21 January 2018, lot 404.