~ RARE TIFFANY STUDIOS GRAPEVINE BRONZE & CARAMEL GLASS ROLLER BLOTTER c1908 ~

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~ RARE TIFFANY STUDIOS GRAPEVINE BRONZE & CARAMEL GLASS ROLLER BLOTTER c1908 ~:
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~ RARE TIFFANY STUDIOS GRAPEVINE BRONZE & CARAMEL GLASS ROLLER BLOTTER c1908 ~

~ RARE TIFFANY STUDIOS GRAPEVINE PATTERNBRONZE & CARAMEL GLASSROLLER BLOTTERc1908 ~

~ Unique Religious Provenance/All Original/Very Good Condition/Untouched Patina ~

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This isone of an eight (8) piece Tiffany Studios Grapevine desk set I recently obtained from a private collection. With unique religious provenance proving ownership by the famed hymn writer and minister Shepherd Knapp of New York! I will be saleing all pieces separately with in other sales.

This is an exquisite signed Tiffany StudiosArt Nouveau roller blotter. The pierced metalwork was designed to be reminiscent of Tiffany\'s stained glass windows. Thisroller blotterhascracks and some loose glass at one top side of the piece. Also some dust biuldup at the top consistent with age. For this reason it is sold as is and remains a fabulous example of art nouveau Tiffany Studios craftsmanship at it\'s finest! Signed \"TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 995\" on the side.Please examine the photographs closely and feel free to ask questions.

The grapevine was one of the earliest desk set patternsby Tiffany and comprised over 25 different pieces. The glass was either the more common green, blue or the more rare amber/caramel swirl as found in this example.Tiffany Studios produced wonderful and highly collectible art nouveau items prized by collectors from 1878-1933.

DIMENSIONS:

5 3/4\" x 3\" x 2\" high

PROVENANCE

SHEPHERD KNAPP (SEPTEMBER 8, 1873-JANUARY 11, 1946)

U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer

Shepherd Knapp (1873-1946), a minister wrote at least four hymns, one of which, “Lord God of Hosts, Whose Purpose, Never Swerving,” he wrote for the Men’s Association of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, in 1907, while he was Assistant Pastor there.

Knapp, born in New York, New York, graduated from Columbia College in 1894 and from Yale University School three years later. He served at least three congregations:
First Congregational Church, Southington, Connecticut (1897-1900);
Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York (1901-1908, as Assistant Pastor); and
Central Congregational Church, Worcester, Massachusetts (1908-1936).

Knapp\'s publication history was:
Personal Records of the Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, 1809-1908 (1909, as editor);
History of the Brick Presbyterian Church (1909);
The War’s Need of Christ: A Palm Sunday Sermon (1917);
Christianity and War (1917);
On the Edge of the Storm: The Story of a Year in France (1921);
Old Joe and Other Vesper Stories (1922); and
The Liberated Bible: The Old Testament (1941)