A free-blown favrile glass bowl vase whose iridescent glaze gives it a multidimensional colored effect of blue, purple and gold, with the blue-purple more apparent in the bottom half of the vessel. The shape is a somewhat depressed sphere with a heavy, rolled-over rim from a squarish opening with three visible thick ribs irregularly drawn down and diminishing to points at the base.

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Favrile Bowl Vase, ca. 1895-96

This is a vase. It was overseen (as design director) by Louis Comfort Tiffany and produced by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. It is dated ca. 1895-96 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is free-blown favrile glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Patented in 1894, Tiffany’s iridescent Favrile glass is striking when used to produce Art Nouveau forms like this vase, as the multidimensional colors are most noticeable on an irregular surface. Here, the color-shifting quality of the iridescent glass emphasizes the undulating form of the vase, enhancing the beauty of its naturally-inspired shape.

It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

Vase (USA)
favrile glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
1956-66-1

Sculptural Vessel Vessel
glass threads.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Carol B. Brener and Stephen....
1986-20-1

An earthenware pitcher with a squat bulbous gourd-like form with a large leaf-shaped spout and handle in the form of a gathered root or vine. The pitcher has an eosin-reduced glaze, creating freeform, non-figural color patterns on its sinuous ceramic body in a vibrant green and gold iridescent luster finish.

Leaf Pitcher
earthenware, eosin glaze.
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
2007-3-1

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 6 x 9 cm (2 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Etched on underside of base: "L.C.T/D615"; remnant of paper label: "Trademark SS..."

Cite this object as

Favrile Bowl Vase, ca. 1895-96; Design Director: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933); Produced by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company; USA; free-blown favrile glass; H x diam.: 6 x 9 cm (2 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1952-166-33

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Iridescence and Passion for the Exotic: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Lockwood de Forest.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Cgci/
Accession Number 1952-166-33
Object ID 18391643