Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pineapple lamp
Object name
Pineapple lamp
Date
c. 1900-1906
Medium
Favrile glass, bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 26 in. (66 x 66 cm)
Description
Favrile glass and bronze desk lamp consisting of seven green blown Favrile glass shades, one 10" shade in center surrounded by six 7" shades, each with flanged apertures covered by tiny finials; 20 lavalieres, each consisting of four opaline glass jewels, hang from the rings of each of the smaller shades. Bronze base with pineapple shape set with rhomboid-shaped iridescent jewels; flat circular bottom.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Object Number
N84.7
Marks
etched: inside shades: "L.C.T."
Bibliography
Pepall, Rosalind M., ed. Tiffany Glass: A Passion for Colour. N.p: n.p., n.d.
Gray, Nina. "The work of Tiffany Studios." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 194-201.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
