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Tobacco Jar

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1898-1902

MediumBronze | Glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)

InscribedImpressed with monogram on base and "Tiffany Studios/New York 21922" also "Tiffany Studios/New/1025".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2694

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 41

DescriptionBronze tobacco jar and cover with a brown finish. The body is formed by a framework of four horizontal and twenty-five vertical bronze bands. Where the bands intersect is a small metal dot. The lining was created by blowing opaque jade-green glass into the framework. This object was merely described as a "TOBACCO JAR, blown glass in wire" by Tiffany Studios in 1906, but its shape was probably derived from an ancient Roman cinerary urn. Louis Comfort Tiffany owned at least two. Tiffany's tobacco jars were in the catalogue of Park-Bernet's 1946 Tiffany Foundation sale that dispersed the contents of Tiffany's Laurelton Hall estate.

Label TextTobacco Jar Tiffany Studios, New York, late 19th to early 20th century Glass blown into a frame of riveted copper wire, cast bronze base, copper lid Mark metal stamped: TCDCO / TIFFANY STUDIOS/ NEW YORK 21922 and / NEW YORK 1025 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2694 (GAT 65.41) Doros #201 This object was merely described as a “TOBACCO JAR, blown glass in wire” by Tiffany Studios in 1906, but its shape was probably derived from an ancient Roman cinerary urn. Louis Comfort Tiffany owned at least two, which are reproduced (at right) from the catalogue of Park-Bernet’s 1946 Tiffany Foundation sale that dispersed the contents of Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall estate. Added by: AGM See: Attached media, Documents Exhibition History"Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and its Origins," Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, March 28 - June 6, 1999; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 11 - November 7, 1999. "Louis C. Tiffany: Master of Glass," Musée du Luxembourg, September 16, 2009- January 10, 2010; The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 11 - May 2, 2010; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 5 - August 29, 2010.Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. 1978, No. 20, Illus. p. 150. Karen S. Chambers and Tina Oldknow. _Clearly Inspired Contemporary Glass and its Origins_. Tampa Museum of Art, (San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications Inc., 1999), p. 106.