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

Miniature vase

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Date1908

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

InscribedSigned around on polished pontil: "L.C. Tiffany Favrile 1377C".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6267

Not on view

DescriptionMiniature vase. Urn shaped with a sloping neck. Green semi-opaque glass bottom third, separated from the top half of cream and clear swirls of gold iridescent.

Published ReferencesNancy Aker, ed. _Miniatures_. Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques: Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 86, ill. pg. 97, photo sent for this Cooper Hewitt book. Paul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1978, ill. pg. 76, no. 109. Katharine M. McClinton, "American Glass Miniatures," _The Antique Trader Weekly_. Mar. 13, 1985, pp. 74-76, ill. pg. 76 and cover.