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Elsa Tennhardt

(United States, 1899-1980)
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 440 - 1 920 EUR
1 650 - 2 210 USD
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Elsa Tennhardt
(United States, 1899-1980)

A pair of Elsa Tennhardt silver plated candlesticks, E & J Bass Company, New York ca 1928.

Geometrical shape, manufacturer's mark underneath. Height 9,3 cm, 13,3 x 13,3 cm.

Minor wear, no gilding.

More information

Compare Sotheby's sale: IMPORTANT 20TH CENTURY DESIGN, 18 December 2004, lot #690 sold for 4,500USD including buyer's premium.
Details mentioned as follows:
A pair of candlesticks of this model from the Norwest Collection, currently in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, has been exhibited in Milestones of Modernism 1880-1940: Selections from the Norwest Collection, July 7-August 12, 1999 and in the Modernism: The Art of Design, 1880-1940, Masterworks from The Norwest Collection exhibition at the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, June 21-September 13, 1998.