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Glass, Room 131

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

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Categories	Glass Containers
Object type	Vase
Title	Favrile (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 created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1447/favrile-vase-tiffany-louis-comfort/

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