The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . VASE. Exhibit of Tiffafiy & Co, MANUFACTURKJS. Ill in the representation of the golden rod. The vase weighs about65 CURIOUS AND ifANCY vmc^.—Exhibit of Tiffany & Co. One of the special pieces that will command universal attentionis an incense-burner, in theform of a rattlesnake coiledaround the neck of a snake is life-size andmodeled from nature, aswas also the duck. Theserpents eyes are of emer-alds, while its head and therattles in the tail are formedof American pearls; 100pearls, 450 opals and deli-cate enamel wor
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . VASE. Exhibit of Tiffafiy & Co, MANUFACTURKJS. Ill in the representation of the golden rod. The vase weighs about65 CURIOUS AND ifANCY vmc^.—Exhibit of Tiffany & Co. One of the special pieces that will command universal attentionis an incense-burner, in theform of a rattlesnake coiledaround the neck of a snake is life-size andmodeled from nature, aswas also the duck. Theserpents eyes are of emer-alds, while its head and therattles in the tail are formedof American pearls; 100pearls, 450 opals and deli-cate enamel work add tothe general effect. Another noteworthy or-namental piece is a minia-ture flower-pot and other special fancypieces there are toads andfrogs, life-size, made as bon-bonnieres, and studded withturquoise matrix, demetoids, lundborc temple.
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