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Object NameFavrile Cup and Saucer
Artistic Director
Louis Comfort Tiffany
(American, 1848 - 1933)
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902 - 1932)
Manufacturer(glass)
Tiffany Furnaces
(American, 1902 - 1920)
Made FromProbably Lead Glass, Favrile Glass (TM)
Dateabout 1914-1915
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corona
TechniqueProbably free-blown
SizeOverall Cup H: 2.4 cm; Cup Rim Diam: 7.75 cm; Cup Body Diam (max): 9 cm; Cup Foot Diam: 5 cm; Overall Saucer H: 2.5 cm; Saucer Rim Diam: 15.75 cm
Accession Number50.4.513
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionFavrile Cup and Saucer. Possibly lead glass, mother-of-pearl, iridescent blue and gold; probably free-blown; cup: ovoid bowl incurving at rim and tapering at bottom to flaring circular foot with ground and polished pontil mark; small loop handle terminating in broad oval; mother-of-pearl outside and iridescent gold inside, iridescent blue band inside and outside below rim; matching saucer with flaring convex sides and flat table-rim on bottom. Both marked on bottom "9186 J. L. C. Tiffany-Favrile".Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
