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

Lava Vase

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1915
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Base: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
InscribedSigned (diamond point) "679J-L.C. Tiffany-Favrile" on pontil mark.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.2291
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 115-2 - Wonderstudio
Description"Lava" vase of blown translucent red glass with an overlay of brown glass on the body. The brown section is decorated with intricate gold scrollwork. A ribbon of red glass borders the top of the brown section and drips towards the base. The exterior has gold iridescence.

Published References_Chrysler Museum Tiffany Catalogue_. #67. Dr. Robert Koch, _Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch_ (Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, 2001), 204.
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