Decorative Dish
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1910
MediumGilt bronze | Copper
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. (8.6 x 27.3 cm)
InscribedImpressed on bottom: "Tiffany Studios/New York/834".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2690
Not on view
DescriptionBronze fern planter in the "Marsh Marigold". The exterior of the bowl has a gilded design in high relief of vines, large heart-shaped leaves and marigold blossoms. Inside the dish is a removable copper liner with two handles. Gilding has darkened with some bronze disease spreading from the liner to the main container. Identical to piece in Koch, G-B-L, p. 108, fig 156, bottom row first on right.Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. 1978, No. 198, Illus. p. 128.
