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Poppy

Object Name"Poppy" Inkstand

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

Designer Clara Pierce Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861-1944)

Manufacturer Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (1892-1902)

Manufacturer(glass, bronze) Stourbridge Glass Company (1893-1902)

Made FromBronze, Favrile Glass Tesserae, Glass

Dateabout 1901

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corona

TechniqueInlaid, pressed, cast

SizeOverall H: 7.3 cm, Diam (max): 10.4 cm

Accession Number2014.4.79

Credit LinePurchased in part with funds from the F. M. Kirby Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Tiffany's Glass Mosaics

On ViewModern Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Desk accessories were popular and could be purchased individually or as a matching set. This set’s costly retail price of $30 underscores its luxury status. Tiffany offered other versions that were more “affordable” at $10. By comparison the 1906 Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order catalogue advertised a “Common Sense Inkwell” for just $0.07.

Physical Description"Poppy" Inkstand. Favrile glass tesserae; orange and blue pressed glass; bronze. Three-piece inkstand with a bronze framework featuring three sections of poppy foliage extending upwards from the base to the rim. Variegated Favrile glass tesserae inlaid within each section. The inkstand supports a bright orange pressed glass inkwell with a flared and scalloped rim in the shape of a poppy flower. The inkwell cap, shaped like the pistil of the poppy flower, is made of pressed Favrile blue glass.
Provenance

Source Lillian Nassau LLC - 2014-09-2014-12-12
The inkstand was in the private collection of two sisters in the New York area, acquired from their mother who purchased the inkstand in the 1940s or 50s from an antique dealer. This inkwell was also featured on the PBS television show, "Antiques Roadshow".