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Favrile

Vase
1898-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co. (maker)
Stourbridge Glass Co. (New York) (manufacturer)
Tiffany, Louis Comfort (designer)
Place of origin
Long Island (New York) (made)

Vase, America, New York (Long Island), designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, for Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., Stourbridge Glass Co. Corona glassworks, 1898

Object details

Categories
Glass
Containers
Object type
Vase
TitleFavrile (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glass, with metallic lustre
Brief description
Vase, America, New York (Long Island), designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, for Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., Stourbridge Glass Co. Corona glassworks, 1898
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.0cm
Styles
19TH CONT
Art Nouveau
Marks and inscriptions
'E1971' 'L.C.T.' , engraved (Makers's mark)
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Potter, Norman & Douglas Jackson: Tiffany...see509-1896
  • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
0569 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
561-1899

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1447/favrile-vase-tiffany-louis-comfort/
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