New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vase

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Date1908

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

InscribedMarked around wafer pontil: "L.C. Tiffany-Favrile 2326 C".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6195

Not on view

DescriptionLava vase with an almost bee-hive appearance. Dark blue "lava" with a wide (1") diagonal (spiraling) band of silver/blue iridescent over all. Slightly irregular at top.

Label TextLouis Comfort Tiffany American (1848-1933) Vase, 1908 Glass, 5 inches (height) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6195 Published ReferencesMario Amaya, TIFFANY GLASS, pg. 64, ill., from Lillian Nassau. McKean, THE "LOST" TREASURES OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY, fig. 171, similar lava & no. "2328C", 5 in. high. Chrysler Museum, TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #64.