Favrile Vase

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Object Name: 
Favrile Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corona
Accession Number: 
2017.4.9
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.5 cm, Diam (max): 19 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1895
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the assistance of The Karl and Anna Koepke Endowment Fund
Primary Description: 
Favrile Vase. Translucent and opalescent green/amber dichroic glass with swirling striations of cream-colored glass that creates a marble or agate appearance; blown, cut. Shouldered vase with waisted neck and wide rim. Exterior of vase decorated with three broad bands of cut panels: the upper two bands of panels are slightly concave, whereas the bottom band is slightly convex. Two narrower solid bands separate the three broader ones, and a similar narrow solid band forms the rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Lillian Nassau LLC, Source
2016
to
2017-08-24
Color: 
green
amber
cream
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
C164
inscription
: 
Engraved on base

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2017 (2018) illustrated, p. 8; BIB# 716596
Acquisitions (2018) illustrated, pp. 30-31; BIB# 716602