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Favrile

Vase
1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co. (manufacturer)
Stourbridge Glass Co. (New York) (manufacturer)
Tiffany, Louis Comfort (designer)
Place of origin
Long Island (made)

Iridescent 'Favrile' glass


Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Titles
  • Favrile
  • Favrile (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Iridescent <I> 'Favrile' </I> glass, metallic lustre
Glass
Brief description
Vase, America, New York (Long Island), designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, for Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co.,Stourbridge Glass Co. Corona glassworks, 1896
Physical description
Iridescent 'Favrile' glass
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.5cm
Style
19TH CONT
Gallery label
  • It is thought that 'Favrile' glass was so-named after the word 'fabrile', 'old English' for 'handmade', indicating that the range was made by skilled craftsmen. The lustre effect was achieved by treating the glass with metallic oxides and exposing it to acid fumes. It was originally intended to re-create the iridescent effects seen on ancient Roman glass.
  • VASE 515-1896 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'6 This vase and the accompanying perfume sprinkler were both bought from Tiffany's shop at 221 Regent Street, London. The success of the highly commercial Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company resulted from Tiffany's combination of aesthetic judgement, mastery of craft processes and well- developed entrepreneurial skill. His work covered painting, jewellery, architecture, interior decoration and most forms of furnishing, both secular and ecclesiastical. The combination was irresistible and Tiffany's reputation in America from about 1880 was unique.
Object history
Bought from Tiffany & Co. 221 Regent Street, London
Bibliographic reference
Potter, Norman & Douglas Jackson: Tiffany...see509-1896
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
515-1896

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1172/favrile-vase-tiffany-louis-comfort/
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