Vase

Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios; Tiffany Furnaces (American)

Date1906 or 1907

DimensionsH: 30.4 cm (11 31/32 in.); Rim Diam: 8.85 cm (3 15/32 in.); Base Diam: 11.5 cm (4 17/32 in.)

MediumPale amber glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Secor Bissell

Object number

1965.169

Not on View

DescriptionBody blown and patterned with ten vertical ribs, then finished by tooling. Applied to a foot blown and patterned with eight vertical ribs. Rim of foot folded under. Greenish-purplish gold iridescent finish. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesTiffany Favrile Glass, trade catalogue, New York, n.d. (about 1900-1905); reprint, Watkins Glen, N.Y., Century House, n.d. (about 1956), p. 8, bottom left.

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. 624, no. 1009.