Finger Bowl

Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios; Tiffany Furnaces (American)

Date1900-1915

DimensionsH: 6.15 cm (2 13/32 in.); Rim Diam: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Base Diam: 6.9 cm (2 23/32 in.); Max W (body): 11.5 cm (4 17/32 in.)

MediumPale amber glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Otto Wittman

Object number

1962.30

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold and patterned with eight vertical ribs, then finished by tooling. Purplish gold iridescent finish. Slightly concave, semipolished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesTiffany Favrile Glass, trade catalogue, New York, n.d. (about 1900-1905); reprint, Watkins Glen, NY, Century House, n.d. (about 1956), p. 14.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 69.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Treasures from Toledo, Ohio: The European and American Glass Collection," Apollo, vol. 86, December 1967, pp. 478-485, repr. p. 485, fig. 20, left.

Koch, Robert, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass-Bronzes-Lamps: The Complete Collector's Guide, New York, Crown, 1971, p. 58, no. 60, bottom left.

Beard, repr. p. 55, right.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 623, no. 1007.