Compote

Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios; Tiffany Furnaces (American)

Date1910-1925

DimensionsRim Diam: 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm); Base Diam: 4 3/8 in. (11.05 cm); H: 4 31/32 in. (12.6 cm)

MediumPale amber glass; blown and finished by tooling, applied tooled stem, applied blown and tooled foot with rim folded under.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1969.264

Not on View

DescriptionVariable reddish-greenish gold iridescent finish. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesKoch, Robert, Louis C. Tiffany, Rebel in Glass, New York, Crown, 1964, p. 165, bottom.

Koch, Robert, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass-Bronzes-Lamps: The Complete Collector's Guide, New York, Crown, 1971, p. 53, fig. 53.

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. 1010.