Tiffany vase
Tiffany vase
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- Description (Brief)
- Favrile glass. Body is of common green bottle glass splashed with reddish brown and shades of blue. Form: bulbous top and bottom connected by a concave waist with large opening in the top, but no neck. Decorated with reddish brown seaweed shaped leaves from top to bottom and shades of blue painted leaves all covered with an iridescent covering. Purchase from Charles Tiffany for $45.00.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- vase
- vase
- vase, tall
- date made
- 1893-96
- 1893 - 96
- maker
- Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, or Tiffany Studios
- Physical Description
- green, light (overall color)
- monochrome, red, deep (overall surface decoration color name)
- glass, transparent (overall material)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- iridescent (joint piece production method/technique)
- trailed (joint piece production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 8 in; 45.72 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- CE.96417
- catalog number
- 96417
- accession number
- 30453
- maker number
- 4495
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- Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Domestic Furnishings
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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