Favrile Vase with Leaf and Vine Decoration

Object Name: 
Favrile Vase with Leaf and Vine Decoration

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Object Name: 
Favrile Vase with Leaf and Vine Decoration
Maker(s): 
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (1892-1902), Manufacturer
Stourbridge Glass Company (1893-1902), Manufacturer
Tiffany, Louis Comfort (American, 1848-1933), Artistic Director
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corona
Accession Number: 
62.4.19
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 35.1 cm, Diam (max): 16.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1897-1898
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Favrile Vase with Leaf and Vine Decoration. Transparent gold and blue glasses; blown, iridized. Elongated form; circular rim swells to rounded shoulder and curvilinearly tapers to small bulbous base area; body decorated with vines and stylized flowers; ground and polished base and pontil; engraved on base: "Louis C. Tiffany o7493".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr., Source
1962
Color: 
Transparent iridescent gold, blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
iridescence
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Threads: Tiffany-Quezal-Imperial-Durand
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2004-03 through 2004-12-31

Publications (11)

Interior Design and Decoration (6th ed.) (2008) p. 501; p. 503, fig. 20-57; BIB# 96297
Glass Threads: Tiffany, Quezel, Imperial, Durand (2004) illustrated, p. 12. fig. 4; BIB# 79748
Interior Design and Decoration (5th ed.) (2002) illustrated, p.537, fig. 19-47; BIB# 69250
Glass A to Z (2002) illustrated, p. 561; BIB# 73416
All About Glass = Garasu Daihyakka (1993) p. 139; BIB# 36566
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 108, #103; BIB# 35679
Glasskolan 5: Galles epok (1990-05) p. 60;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 208-209, pl. 96; BIB# 33819
The Encyclopedia of Decorative Styles: 1850-1935 (1988) p. 77, ill.; BIB# 24810
A Museum Built on Sand (1980-10) pp. 126-130, ill. p. 129; BIB# AI9236
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 208-209, pl. 96; BIB# 20953