New photography by Ed Pollard, digital slr-2009.

Flower Form Vase

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1893-1894

MediumBlown glass, acid-etched

DimensionsOverall: 13 in. (33 cm)

Inscribedpaper registration label on bottom

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number95.9.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 40

DescriptionThis is an unsigned Tiffany favrile glass floriform vase in pale amber glass decorated with pulled leafage in pale green and charcoal. It has the original paper label, numbered sticker 5198 and a gold foil star.

Label TextTiffany Glass and Decorating Company American (1892-1900) Flower Form Vase, ca. 1893-94 Blown glass, acid-etched Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Museum purchase 95.9.2 Exhibition History"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. "The Natural Beauty of Tiffany: Selections from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 30, 2012.Published ReferencesSotheby's auction catalog, _20th Century Decorative Works of Art including Contemporary Works of Art_, Sale 6676, New York, N. Y., March 17 and 18, 1995, no. 611. Dr. Robert Koch, _Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch_ (Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, 2001), 130. Rosalind Pepall de Mestral, Louis C. Tiffany: Le Maître du Verre, (France: Gallimard, 2009).