Flower Bowl (Centerpiece)

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Flower Bowl (Centerpiece)

Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios; Tiffany Furnaces (American)

DateProbably 1917

DimensionsH: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Rim Diam: 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.); Base Diam: 17.25 cm (6 25/32 in.)

MediumDeep blue (or amethyst) glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Swigart, Jr., in memory of Margaret H. Sanger

Object number

1969.346

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Broad infolded rim. Decorated with applied green glass threads and tooled lily pads. Peacock-blue-purple iridescent finish.

Published ReferencesFreeman, Larry, Iridescent Glass, Watkins Glen, NY, Century House, 1956, repr. p. 20, center (part of a console set)

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. 628, no. 1021.