Tumbler
Manufacturer
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
(American, 1892 - 1902)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1902
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
InscribedEngraved "Louis Roederer" framed with leaf swags; engraved on polished pontil: "CTO" (may be engraver; not a Tiffany mark).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number87.369
Not on view
DescriptionTumbler/presentation piece. Blown, gold iridescent waisted above and below rim and applied alternating ring of ten lily pads/plant forms from just above middle to bottom. Three of the "tails" of the plant forms are broken (lily pad decoration).Published ReferencesKoch, LOUIS C. TIFFANY'S: GLASS-BRONZES-LAMPS, ill. 54 shows a similar tumbler; LOUIS C. TIFFANY, REBEL IN GLASS, p. 164, decanter illustrated with similar plant forms which was acquired by V & A, London, 1901.
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