Collection Highlights
The Puritan
1899
1946.253
Dark brown/ black patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Desk set
Object name
Desk set
Date
1905-1920
Medium
Metal, glass
Description
Eleven-piece desk set of patinated metal and mottled green glass in the "Etched Metal and Glass" pattern; consisting of blotter ends, letter rack, calendar, paperweight, two inkwells, pen holder, and paper clip.
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur D. Berliss, Jr., Ruth B. Ciner, and Marian B. Katzenstein in memory of their parents Arthur D. Berliss, Sr. and Marie K. Berliss
Object Number
1985.25a-k
Gallery Label
The "Etched Metal and Glass" desk set, as it was called in Tiffany Studios' 1920 catalog, was one of more than fifteen desk set patterns offered at the Tiffany Studios' showrooms. Patterns included as many as thirty different pieces, allowing clients to customize their own sets.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
