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Favrile

Vase
1902 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co.
Stourbridge Glass Co., Corona Glassworks
Tiffany, Louis Comfort (designer)
Place of origin
Long Island (made)

Vase, America, New York (Long Island), designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, for Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., Stourbridge Glass Co. Corona glassworks, 1902

Object details

Object type
Vase
Titles
  • Favrile
  • Favrile (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
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, 1902
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'L.C.T.' and 'T6208' 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. Tiffany persuaded Arthur J Nash, a talented glassblower from Stourbridge, England, to join him in America to work on experimental projects. In 1893 the two men went into business establishing the Stourbridge Glass Co. at the Corona glassworks, Long Island, New York. At first much of the glassworks was devoted to the production of stained glass, but a glass-blowing shop was soon included.
Bibliographic reference
Potter, Norman & Douglas Jackson: Tiffany...see509-1896
Other number
9447 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1456-1902

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O292/favrile-vase-tiffany-louis-comfort/
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