Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.

Favrile "Aquamarine" Vase

Manufacturer Tiffany Furnaces (American, 1902 - 1920)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1915

MediumBlown and flameworked glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

InscribedMarked near bottom edge: "2013H L.C. Tiffany-Favrile".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6221

On View

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

DescriptionPaperweight style compote of clear aquamarine (faintly green) glass. With a thick stem encasing stems of water lilies with five white blossoms and leaves in the bowl bottom. Stem bottom encases brown-green simulating pond bottom. Base of the piece is frosted.

Label TextTiffany Furnaces Corona, New York Bowl with Water Lilies, ca. 1913 Blown glass; embedded canes and millefiori Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6221 Exhibition HistoryTo be loaned to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond for Art Nouveau Exhibition 11/22/71 to 12/26/71. "The Natural Beauty of Tiffany: Selections from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 30, 2012.Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros, _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1978) #15. Paul E. Voros, _The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany_ (New York: the Vendome Press, 2013) 151. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 136-137.