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A custom silver lined mahogany humidor circa 1900 11-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm.) image 1
A custom silver lined mahogany humidor circa 1900 11-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm.) image 2
A custom silver lined mahogany humidor circa 1900 11-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm.) image 3
A custom silver lined mahogany humidor circa 1900 11-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm.) image 4
Lot 3126

A custom silver lined mahogany humidor
Tiffany & Co. circa 1900
11-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm.)

Important Maritime Paintings and Decorative Arts
26 January 2011, 13:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$13,420 inc. premium

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A custom silver lined mahogany humidor
Tiffany & Co. circa 1900

for Henry Morrison Flagler, the rectangular box and lid built up in slot construction, and signed on one edge of the box lip Tiffany & Co. and Vermillion on the other, with a sterling oval lock escutcheon and back plate, a sterling silver hinge running the length of the box, a separate sterling silver box [liner] with separate top signed 12668/Tiffany & Co/Makers/T, an inset sterling silver initial plate engraved HMF, with a pair of sterling silver and enamel crossed signals on either side; to the right the New York Yacht Club burgee and Henry Morrison Flagler's private signal, and on the other a Rear Commodore's signal crossed with another (unidentified) yacht club burgee.
11-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (29.2 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm.)

Footnotes

Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 - May 20, 1913) was an American tycoon, real estate promoter, railroad developer and partner of John D. Rockefeller in Standard Oil. He was a prominent yachtsman, owned several yachts, and was a member of the New York Yacht Club among others. In 1867, Rockefeller, needing capital for his new venture, approached Flagler. Flagler obtained $100,000 from the family member Stephen V. Harkness on the condition that Flagler be made a partner. The Rockefeller, Andrew & Flagler partnership was formed with Flagler in control of Harkness' interest. The partnership eventually grew into the Standard Oil Corporation. Later, in 1876 under the advice of his physician, Flagler moved to Florida. He was a key figure in the development of the eastern coast of Florida along the Atlantic Ocean and was founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway. He is known as the father of Miami, Florida and also founded Palm Beach, Florida. Among other notable hotels he built the Palm Beach Inn (renamed The Breakers in 1901) overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Palm Beach. In 1913, Flagler fell down a flight of marble stairs in Whitehall. He never recovered from the fall and dies in Palm Beach of his injuries on May 20 at 83 years of age.

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