German, late 19th/early 20th century, face with gilt hands and numerals and marked “Tiffany & Compy New York” and flanked by full-figured classical women, angel pediment, heavily decorated with porcelain floral festoons, gilt highlights throughout, brass works marked “Tiffany & Compy”, with key and pendulum, 16-1/2 in.; with matching pair four-cup candelabra with two youthful angels frolicking, one holding a bell, each in two pieces, 19-1/2 in., all three elements with blue crossed stick marks under glaze for Schierholtz & Son, clock with minor wing and petal chips; candelabra with very minor chips to petals, otherwise excellent condition Formerly Estate of Raphael Guastavino (Spanish, 1842-1908); The Collection of the Late Leonard F. Clayton, Hendersonville, North Carolina Raphael Guastavino emigrated to the United States from Barcelona, Spain, 1881, and became one of the leading U.S. architects in the early 20th century. His work is found in over a thousand buildings, including Grant’s Tomb, the great hall at Ellis Island, Grand Central Station, Carnegie Hall, the chapel at West Point, and in North Carolina the Duke Chapel at Durham, Motley Memorial in Chapel Hill, the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville, and the swimming pool at the Biltmore Estate. Lot accompanied by clippings, other information about Guastavino. See also Peter Austin, [May We All Remember Well,] vol. 1, p. 63, for a summary of Guastavino’s work in the Asheville area.
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