Eighteen-Light Pond Lily Lamp
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1900
MediumBlown glass with bronze
DimensionsBase: 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
18 in. (45.7 cm)
Base: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
18 in. (45.7 cm)
Base: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
InscribedImpressed "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 21817" on bottom of base. Six shades signed "L.C.T." around top aperture, twelve signed "L.C. Tiffany Favrile" around top aperture.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.2391
Not on view
DescriptionEighteen-light "lily" lamp. Of green patinated bronze base. The platform is created by large water lily pads & attached to the platform is a band of vines, buds & water lily pads. Eighteen curved bronze tubes of various heights with petalled shade holders are clustered at the center of the platform. The shades are of mold-blown transparent amber glass. The bodies are ribbed & the tops are ruffled. The interior & exterior of the shades have a predominately gold multi-colored iridescence.Label TextTiffany Studios American (1902-1932) Eighteen-Light Pond Lily Lamp, ca. 1900 Glass and bronze Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 0.2391 Tiffany exhibited an 18-light drop cluster pond lily lamp at the 1902 World's Fair, held in Turin, Italy, and was awarded a grand prize for the design. Published ReferencesKoch, LOUIS C. TIFFANY: GLASS-BRONZE-LAMPS, pg. 126, "The 1st electric Tiffany lamp with a drop cluster of blossom shades, exhibited in Paris in 1900 created a sensation.---the 1st use of electric light to point down in a way that was not possible with an exposed flame--in Turin, Italy, Tiffany took honors for his 18 light lamp".
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