Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Flower-Form Vase

Artist Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892 - 1902)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1899-1900

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Base: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

InscribedSigned "L.C.T." around the edge and "o2412" next to the unpolished pontil mark.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6320

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 46

DescriptionRare flower-form vase of clear glass with an opalescent white bowl. The edge of the irregular base is folded under, the knop is four-sided and ribbed, and the rim of the galleried bowl is undulating and scalloped. The domed base is decorated with lime-green threading that forms five leaves. The applied stem is rose-colored and has four pairs of parallel lime-green lines separated by blue line. The bowl is decorated with olive-green, brown and tan. The interior of the vase has a heavy orange-red iridescence.

Label TextTiffany Glass and Decorating Company American (1892-1900) Flower-Form Vase, ca. 1899-1900 Blown glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6320 Exhibition History"The Natural Beauty of Tiffany: Selections from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 30, 2012.Published ReferencesGrover. _Art Glass Nouveau_. pg. 85, ill. no. 144. Duncan, Eiddberg, & Harris. _Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany_. #28, 98, almost identical, marked "o2417". Paul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1978, #36, ill. on cover. Joe Porcelli. _Stained Glass Jewels of Light_. New York: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc., 1998, 65 Dr. Robert Koch, _Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch_ (Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, 2001), 133. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 2 det. & 141, fig. 177. Paul E. Voros, _The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany_ (New York: the Vendome Press, 2013) 77.