termed "Automatic Fountain" ca 1880-1890, with scalloped magenta blown glass above a hourglass frame with deep orange blown glass fonts, supported by incurvate Neo-Grec-style brackets with a metal label Patented 1871/James Tufts/Boston, resting on a square marble base; 21.25" overall height. Provenance: Neal Auction Company, Inc. New Orleans, 1994 Condition: Tufts was a known silver plate manufacturer in the 19th century who erected a building at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, built expressly to house the "Automatic Fountain" which was a speciality of the company.
termed "Automatic Fountain" ca 1880-1890, with scalloped magenta blown glass above a hourglass frame with deep orange blown glass fonts, supported by incurvate Neo-Grec-style brackets with a metal label Patented 1871/James Tufts/Boston, resting on a square marble base; 21.25" overall height. Provenance: Neal Auction Company, Inc. New Orleans, 1994 Condition: Tufts was a known silver plate manufacturer in the 19th century who erected a building at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, built expressly to house the "Automatic Fountain" which was a speciality of the company.
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