Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Vase
Object name
Vase
Date
ca. 1900-1920
Medium
Favrile glass
Dimensions
Overall: 10 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 27.6 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Floriform blown glass vase of amber iridescent glass with applied pale green tooled glass simulating leaves; irregular triangular opening with swelled upper section tapering to foot; circular domed applied foot with rim folded under; pontil mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Gladys L. Koch
Object Number
1983.12
Marks
engraved: on folded edge of foot: "L.C.T. T 746"
Gallery Label
Louis Comfort Tiffany's furnaces in Corona, New York produced a variety of naturalistic forms in favrile glass. Floriform vases such as this one were produced in large numbers by Tiffany's glassblowers in Queens and sold in his elaborate Madison Avenue showroom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
