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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)
Provenance1889, owned by artist or company; 1893, displayed in Tiffany Glass Company's booth at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; between 1897-1907 (1), acquired by Mrs. J. Fitz (Maria Evaline Hamilton) Brind (b. 1853/54 - d. 1914), Denver, Colorado and installed first at 825 Logan Street, then in 1908-09 at 1000 Logan Street, both in Denver, Colorado; 1914, house with window inherited by Brind's husband, J. Fitz Owen Brind (b. 1850 - d. 1921); 1919, house with window purchased by real estate investor Claude S. Staten; 1922, ownership of house and window transferred to Staten former wife (divorced), Lulu Staten and daughter Olive May Staten; 1926, house with window purchased by brothers Arthur J. Gmeiner (b. 1884 - d. 1985) and Matthew D. Gmeiner (b. 1886 - d. 1967); 1956, house with window purchased by architect and engineer S. Arthur Axtens (b. 1895 - d. 1976); 1970, house with window purchased by Thomas Pino; 1975, window removed from house and purchased from Pino, by David Lorenz, Denver, Colorado, for $10,000; 1996, Christie's New York, sale 8540, December 14, 1996, lot 317, sold as Property of the Lorenz Trust; 1996, purchased at Christie's by Barbara and Theodore Alfond of Weston, MA; 2008, given by Barbara and Theodore Alfond to the MFA in honor of MFA director Malcolm Rogers. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
1. These dates could possibly be narrowed to 1897-1902, giving the inscription on the window, "Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company" which was likely added when the window was modified for installation in the Brind home. The company used the name "Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company" from 1892-1902 when the name was changed again to "Tiffany Studios."
1. These dates could possibly be narrowed to 1897-1902, giving the inscription on the window, "Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company" which was likely added when the window was modified for installation in the Brind home. The company used the name "Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company" from 1892-1902 when the name was changed again to "Tiffany Studios."