vase

Object NameFavrile Vase with Leaf and Vine Decoration

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

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902 - 1932)

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

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1905-1910

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corona

TechniqueBlown, iridized, applied decoration

SizeOverall H: 57.7 cm; Rim Diam: 17.5 cm; Base Diam: 14 cm

Accession Number61.4.5

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Fragile Beauty: Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent yellow golden iridescent glass; free-blown with applied decoration and iridescent; very tall vase of ovoid shape curving down to flaring bottom with high pushed up base having very rough concave pontil mark; on the upper body water lily-like blossoms on very long stems reaching down to the base of the object, the stem pattern also extending towards the neck and rim, the blossoms as well as the branches in iridescent bluish and yellowish glass; inscribed on the base: "Louis C. Tiffany - Favrile, 7794".
Provenance

Source John F. Hotchkiss