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

Lava Bowl with stand

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Date1893

MediumGlass | Brass

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/4 x 6 in. (13.3 x 15.2 cm)

InscribedNo mark. Original paper Tiffany label.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6196

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 42

DescriptionLava bowl and brass stand. BOWL: Irregularly shaped blue/black lava with "skin" broken in several places showing green. Covered with irregular waved horizontal bands of gold iridescent to 2" wide plain gold iridescent rim. Inside gold/purple/blue iridescent. Stretched some near the rim. Rough pontil. STAND: Brass stand that bowl sits in. Three legged with two prong feet. Rough pontil.

Published ReferencesChrysler Museum TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #70. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 143, fig. 179. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1