Live Auction 21919An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
AN AMERICAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, RED VELVET AND CHROME HUMIDOR
Lot 261

AN AMERICAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, RED VELVET AND CHROME HUMIDOR

BY EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1910

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 1,500–2,500

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AN AMERICAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, RED VELVET AND CHROME HUMIDOR
BY EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1910
Makers plaquette engraved E. F. Caldwell & Co. New York, the rectangular top applied with a central foliate cartouche with oval medallion inscribed with 'SHD' monogram, flanked by cherubs and surmounted by a crown, the zink-lined interior with internal lift-up lid with central cartouche and monogram
4 in. (10 cm.) high; 16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) wide; 12 1/2 in. (32 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 September 2007, lot 38.

Specialist note


From its inception in 1895 through to World War II, the New York firm established by Edward F. Caldwell (d.1914) and partner Victor E. Von Lossberg (d.1942), was the premier American designer and manufacturer of custom lighting fixtures, metalwork and decorative objects. The design for this humidor (A-9543) was registered sometime between 1906 and 1908. Bearing the engraved maker's plaquette for 'Edward F. Caldwell & Co. New York', manufacture of the present lot can also be said to predate 1916 when the firm was incorporated.