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Vase

Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios; Tiffany Furnaces (American)

DateProbably 1916

DimensionsH: 34.2 cm (13 15/32 in.); Rim Diam: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Base Diam: 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.)

MediumPale amber glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of W. W. Knight, Jr.; Milton Knight; Edward F. Knight; Samuel B. Knight; and Mrs. Harris McIntosh

Object number

1969.259

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Applied foot blown in a mold and patterned with fourteen vertical ribs, then finished by tooling; rim folded under. Greenish-reddish gold iridescent finish. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesKoch, Robert, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass-Bronzes-Lamps: The Complete Collector's Guide, New York, Crown, 1971, p. 53, fig. 53 (in ill. of storage room at Tiffany Furnaces, in Corona)

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. 627, no. 1019.