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

Vase

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1905
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
InscribedWafer pontil, marked around edge: "4 A Coll.-L.C. Tiffany-Favrile".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6223
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPaperweight vase of transparent amber glass. The design consists of curved opaque stems that are streaked with shades of green and yellow. Oval leaves that are shades of purple and brown are connected to the stems. Scattered around the shoulder are small star-shaped millefiori flowers of dark olive-green, brown and tan. The interior of the vase has a heavy orange-red iridescence. "A-collection". Nick on shoulder.

Published ReferencesParke-Bernet sale CATALOGUE, 1966, Item #30, ill. Chrysler Museum NEWSLETTER, Nov. 1972, article and illustration.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
ca. 1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1900
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
ca. 1919
Image scanned from a transparency and color corrected by Ed Pollard
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1901
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1910
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1910
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1758-60
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Weller Pottery Company
ca. 1895-1918
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
ca. 1916
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1758-60
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1900