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Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase

Artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1916

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

InscribedSigned "856K L.C. Tiffany-Favrile" around transparent dark blue button pontil.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Martha Stokes.

Object number71.6151

On View

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

DescriptionJack-in-the-Pulpit vase of transparent blue glass with a flower that has a scalloped edge and is crimped at eight places. The base has a silver iridescence with specks of blue iridescence. The shoulder and most of the stem have a blue-purple and gold iridescence. The top of the stem and the back of the flower have a stretched blue-silver iridescence. The center of the flower's front has a silver-blue iridescence that is surrounded by rings of stretched gold, purple and silver iridescence. The edge of the flower has a stretched blue iridescence.

Exhibition History"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_. The Chrysler Museum, 1978, #49. Karen S. Chambers and Tina Oldknow. _Clearly Inspired Contemporary Glass and its Origins_. Tampa Museum of Art, (San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications Inc., 1999), p. 44.