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

Vase

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1897-1898

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

InscribedSigned on base: "Louis C. Tiffany/o6949".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6179

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 41

DescriptionPumpkin shaped vase with six bulges and a 1" straight neck. Gold iridescent glass with a brick red leaf decoration on six incidental parts of the body. Two free-form blobs of applied gold iridescent on one side.

Label TextVASE IN MELON-SHAPE Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. Corona, New York Ca. 1897-1900 Pattern-mold blown iridized glass with hot Applications; iridized.. Mark: engraved on bottom Louis C. Tiffany o 6949 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6179Exhibition History"Louis C. Tiffany: Master of Glass," Musée du Luxembourg, September 16, 2009- January 10, 2010; The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 11 - May 2, 2010; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 5 - August 29, 2010.Published ReferencesChrysler Museum TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #114.