Lava

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Object Name: 
Favrile “Lava” Vase with Mount
Title: 
Lava
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corona
Accession Number: 
86.4.14
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21 cm, W: 23.8 cm, Diam: 14.2 cm, L: 20.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1904-1906
Web Description: 
The bronze mount is part of this vase, not just an accessory. Tiffany’s “Lava” vases were inspired by the amorphous shapes and rough textures of hardened lava, but they also reflect his admiration for the surfaces and colors of ancient glass.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Lillian Nassau LLC, Former Collection
1986
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
Colorless,pale amber,deep blue
colorless
deep blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
iridescence
Material: 
glass
copper
Inscription: 
Louis C. Tiffany
inscription
: 
Engraved base

Description

Primary Description: 
Favrile “Lava” Vase with Mount. Colorless non-lead glass with striations of pale amber and deep blue, cased in colorless; overall iridization; blown with hot applications; cast bronze or copper. Cylindrical with rounded base; three-handled metal mount; deep vase with irregular lipless rim, slightly waisted body and rounded base covered with raised wrap trailing which spirals

Publications (7)

Jurors' Choice (2007) illustrated, p. 93; BIB# AI75161
Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003) illustrated, p. 29, fig.2.25; BIB# 120381
Art Nouveau (1999) illustrated, p. 22; BIB# 65135
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, pp. 10-11; BIB# 32803
Art Nouveau (1989) illustrated, p. 140; BIB# 24593
Recent Important Acquisitions, 29 (1987) illustrated, p. 126, #39; BIB# AI19055
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) illustrated, pp. 4, 6; BIB# AI96383