New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Candlestick & Shade

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1910

MediumBronze | Glass

InscribedOne impressed on base: "11630/Tiffany Studios/New York".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2698.1

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 3, Section 4 Sh5

DescriptionBronze reticulated candlestick and shade. Attached to the octagonal bases are four sectioned stems. A framework consisting of four rows of diamond-shaped openings is screwed into each stem. Opaque jade-green glass was blown into the framework. A metal cup is in each holder. Similar to the piece in Koch, G-B-L, p. 104, Fig. 145 second from the right. A Favrile shade is held in place by three set screws in each cup. The shade is of pattern-molded reactive amber glass that is opalescent white on the top half. The shade has a ribbed surface, a dimpled upper half and a green "pulled feather" decoration. The exterior has a gold and silver iridescence and the interior has a heavy gold-orange iridescence. Similar to the piece in Koch, G-B-L, p. 104, Fig. 145 second from right.

Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. 1978, No. 206, Illus. p. 140.