Tiffany vase
Tiffany vase
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- Description (Brief)
- Translucent glass vase with motif of irregular swags. Favrile Glass. The body is of common amber bottle glass. Form: The body is of the double gourd shape, it has a large opening and no neck. Decorated with stripped leaf designs in blue, gray and red with an iridescent surface. Purchased from Charles Tiffany, $25.00.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- vase
- date made
- 1893 - 96
- maker
- Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, or Tiffany Studios
- place made
- United States: New York, Queens, Corona
- Physical Description
- green (?? color)
- polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
- glass, ?, translucent (?? material)
- blown (?? production method/technique)
- iridescent (joint piece production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 7 5/8 in; 30.48 cm x 19.3675 cm
- overall: 11 7/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 30.1625 cm x 19.3675 cm
- ID Number
- CE.96422
- catalog number
- 96422
- accession number
- 30453
- maker number
- x 1212 (etched ?)
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Art
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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