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Object NameFavrile Vase with Peacock Feather Plique à jour Mount

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

Enameler Eugène Feuillâtre (French, 1870-1916)

Maker(Mount) Édouard Colonna (German, naturalized American and active in Paris, 1862-1948)

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

Manufacturer Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (1892-1902)

Made FromGlass, Silver-Gilt Metal, Plique à Jour Enamel, Rubies

Dateabout 1897-1899

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corona

TechniqueBlown, iridized

SizeOverall H: 14.5 cm, W: 7.9 cm, Diam (max): 7.5 cm

Accession Number2006.4.161

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of L’Art Nouveau

Louis C. Tiffany, Master of Modern Art Glass

On ViewModern Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Edouard Colonna produced several mounts for Tiffany vases, but this is the only mount known to survive. It features a type of enameling in the leaf-shaped peacock feathers known as Plique à jour (against the light). Normally, glass enamel is assembled on a metal ground. In Plique à jour, there is no metal ground, so the light shines through the enamel like a miniature stained-glass window.

Physical DescriptionFavrile Vase with Peacock Feather Plique à jour Mount. Translucent reddish glass, silver-gilt mount, Plique à jour enamel, rubies; blown, iridized. Small vase with bulbous lower body and long, thin, cylindrical neck. The body is decorated overall with golden iridescence in peacock trailings. A silver gilt mount encircles the long neck with ear-shaped plique-a-jour enamel decoration at the top and six rubies inset in various locations on the mount.
Provenance

Former Collection Alain Lesieutre

Former Collection Richard Pollard

Former Collection Macklowe Gallery

Source Sotheby's