Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

Plaque

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1896

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 21 7/8 in. (55.6 cm)

InscribedSigned back, mid-section: "L.C.T. F894" and a paper seal.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6205

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 42

DescriptionLarge plaque of green opaque iridescent glass with gold and copper iridescent feather outlines. Center is a wafer pontil surrounded by rainbow iridescence. Back (or bottom) is mottled blue-purple iridescence. Heavy.

Label TextPLAQUE Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. Corona, New York aa. 1896 Pattern-mold blown iridized glass. Mark: engraved on back L. C. T. F 894 Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. Paper label on back Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6205Published ReferencesARTISTIC AMERICA, TIFFANY GLASS AND ART NOUVEAU, with an introduction by R. Koch, (The MIT Press, 1970), photo #86 of Tiffany Display at Exposition Paris, 1900, scenes show this plate in case at left, top right. Paul E. Doros, _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1978) 74, #104.