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

Vase Engraved with Lady Slipper

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1896

MediumBlown glass | Engraved glass | Lead-formula glass

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)

InscribedThe bottom is engraved with the Tiffany registration number "X2671".

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number96.29

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 43

DescriptionThis intaglio-engraved vase is blown colorless lead-formula glass with selectively applied patches of amethyst and green. It is ovoid in shape with a broad projecting concave rim giving the overall profile of an alabastron. The body is intaglio engraved with lady's slipper; the concave rim is engraved with a series of cuts resembling planishing marks.

Label TextTiffany Glass and Decorating Company Corona, New York Vase Engraved with Lady Slipper, ca. 1896 Blown glass; intaglio engraved Museum purchase 96.29 Approved By: ERLExhibition History"The Decorative Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany," The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 17/18 - August 31, 1997. "The Natural Beauty of Tiffany: Selections from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 30, 2012.