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Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl
Parakeets
Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl
1889
Object Place: New York, New York
Medium/Technique
Glass, lead, copper, bronze chain
Dimensions
Overall (no frame): 77 x 38 1/2 in.
Framed (with molding): 79 3/4 x 44 x 2 1/4 in.
Flat molding of frame measures 2 3/16 in. from both sides, 1 1/4 in. from top, 1 1/2 in. from bottom
Framed (with molding): 79 3/4 x 44 x 2 1/4 in.
Flat molding of frame measures 2 3/16 in. from both sides, 1 1/4 in. from top, 1 1/2 in. from bottom
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara L. and Theodore B. Alfond in honor of Malcolm Rogers
Accession Number2008.1415
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass
InscriptionsEnameled in black on lower section: "TIFFANY GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANY NEW YORK" (presumably added after name change in 1892 and before the name of the company was changed again in 1902 to Tiffany Studios)
ProvenanceBetween 1897 and 1907, sold by the Tiffany Glass Company to Maria Evaline Hamilton Brind (b. 1857-- d. 1914), Denver, CO; 1908, installed at 1000 Logan Street, Denver; 1914, property passed by inheritance to her widower, Joseph Fitz Brind (b. 1850 -- d. 1922) [see note]; 1919, sold by Brind to Claude S. Staten (b. 1874 – d. 1965); 1922, from Claude Staten to his former wife, Lula Staten (b. 1874 – d. 1960) and daughter, Olive May Staten (b. 1897); 1926, sold by Lula Staten to brothers Arthur J. Gmeiner (b. 1884 -- d. 1985) and Matthew D. Gmeiner (b. 1886 -- d. 1967); 1956, sold by the Gmeiners to Stephen Arthur Axtens (b. 1895 -- d. 1976); 1970, sold by Stephen Arthur Axtens to Thomas Pino; 1975, window removed from the house and sold by Thomas Pino to David Lorenz (b. 1926 -- d. 1991), Denver; transferred to the Lorenz Trust, Denver; December 14, 1996, sale (consigned by the Lorenz Trust), Christie’s, New York, lot 328, sold to Barbara and Theodore Alfond, Weston, MA; 2008, gift of Barbara and Theodore Alfond to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
NOTE: The window remained installed at 1000 Logan Street, and the above provenance (from 1908 until 1975) refers to the property.
NOTE: The window remained installed at 1000 Logan Street, and the above provenance (from 1908 until 1975) refers to the property.