Vase with Repeating Shield Motif
Manufacturer
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
(American, 1892 - 1902)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1897
MediumMold-blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 3 in. (35.6 x 7.6 cm)
InscribedSigned, outer edge of bottom: "Louis C. Tiffany 02951" and a Tiffany paper seal. Manuscript signature. Like Matisse cut-outs.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6206
Not on view
DescriptionIrregularly cylindrical vase. Brown-black mottled (marble like) three large free-form blobs of green-blue iridescent with black free form centers around the mid section. Three inch border of this around rim too.Label TextTiffany Glass and Decorating Company Corona, New York Vase with Repeating Shield Motif, ca. 1897 Mold-blown glass Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6206 Approved By: ERLExhibition HistoryTo be loaned to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond for and Art Nouveau Exhibition 11/22/71 to 12/26/71. Displayed WAVY-TV show. Published ReferencesChrysler Museum TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #169. Chrysler Museum NEWSLETTER, Vol. I, #3, May 1972. Catalogue, ART NOUVEAU, A LOAN EXHIBITION AT THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM, Nov. 22-Dec. 26, 1971, #161, pg. 31.
