Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1902-1920
Medium
Favrile glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 6 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 15.6 cm )
Description
Blown Favrile glass plate with gold iridescent finish; blown in mold with ten ribs; ten scallops around edge; ground pontil mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Ferris Simmons
Object Number
1939.356
Marks
engraved: on underside of base: "1277 L.C.T. Favrile"
label: on underside of base: "LCT/TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS/REGISTERED TRADEMARK"
Gallery Label
This plate, called an "ice plate" in the accession records, is referred to as the "Queen" pattern in a 1905 Tiffany booklet.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
