miniature

Object NameMiniature Favrile Vase

Artistic Director Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848 - 1933)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902 - 1932)

Manufacturer(glass) Tiffany Furnaces (American, 1902 - 1920)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1907-1910

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corona

Techniqueblown with hot trailing and inclusions, iridized

SizeH: 8.7 cm, D (max.): 6 cm

Accession Number86.4.164

Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent green iridized blue/gold, opaque white non-lead glasses; blown with hot trailing and inclusions. Footed bulbous with elongated neck; small vase has narrow opening with flared lip; neck tapers down and out to swollen body which curves in to thick, solid, conical base; overall decoration of thin, random trailing, tooled leaves and small millefiori flower inclusions; overall blue/gold iridization; base ground flat and polished; rough pontil; inscribed in script on base "8363 E/L.C. Tiffany- Favrile"; round paper label "Tiffany-Registered Trade Mark- Favrile Glass" with "LCT" monogram.
Provenance

Source Estate of Martha J. Herpst