tableware

Object Name5-piece Set of Tableware

Artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848 - 1933)

Made FromGlass

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueBlown, hot-worked, ground

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number2011.4.154

Credit LineGift of Dorothy-Lee Jones

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, opalescent white and purple; blown, hot-worked and ground. A) Goblet. Wide foot has alternating colorless and white stripes, colorless stem and conical bowl with flared rim which is decorated with alternating colorless and white stripes and graduated purple from rim. Inscription is engraved “LC Tiffany Favrile” in script on foot. B) Parfait-shaped glass. Wide foot has alternating colorless and white stripes and conical bowl with flared rim which is decorated with alternating colorless and white stripes and graduated purple from rim. Inscription is engraved “LC Tiffany Favrile” in script on foot. C) Parfait-shaped glass. Wide foot has alternating colorless and white stripes and conical bowl with flared rim which is decorated with alternating colorless and white stripes and graduated purple from rim. Inscription is engraved “LC Tiffany Favrile” in script on foot. D) Large Plate. Shallow plate decorated with radiating white and colorless lines to graduated purple scalloped rim. Inscription is engraved “LC Tiffany Favrile” around bottom. E) Small Plate. Shallow plate decorated with radiating white and colorless lines to graduated purple scalloped rim. Inscription is engraved “LC Tiffany Favrile” around bottom.
Provenance

Source Dorothy Lee Jones (American, 1927-2022) - 2011-12-07