Object Details
- Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, or Tiffany Studios
- Description (Brief)
- Favrile Glass. The body is of green bottle glass. Form: A short ovoid body with the pointed end up, no neck, but a large opening. Decorated with fish in colors and water lines, scroll work, etc. cut by the lapidary's wheel; the outlines of the fish, their scales and fins are also cut. Clear green Tiffany glass vase with impressed fish and swirls of water. The four large fishes also have red and yellow opaque glass color applied to them. There are small natural bubbles in the glass. There are paper labels on the bottom: Round paper label "'Tiffany-Favrille' Glass-Registered Trade Mark" and has the Tiffany symbol; oval red and white paper label with red edges "7500;" Rectangular paper label "B 4173;" Rectangular paper label "96.419," "Acc. 30451," "Favrile Glass Cut," and "Mr. Chas Tiffany, New York." Gift of Charles Tiffany, value $75.00.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Louis Tiffany
- 1893-96
- 1893 - 96
- ID Number
- CE.96419
- catalog number
- 96419
- accession number
- 30951
- maker number
- 4173
- Object Name
- vase
- Physical Description
- green, light (overall color)
- polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
- glass, transparent (overall material)
- applied (joint piece production method/technique)
- engraved (joint piece production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 17.145 cm
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Art
- Domestic Furnishings
- Exhibition
- Art in Industry
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_598537
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-332e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
