Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Favrile glass. Blue glass body; Form: Lower half is trumpet shape expanding above the waist to a slightly bulbous top with short large cylindrical neck. Decorated with stripes up and down like grass leaves; iridescent surface. Purchased from Charles Tiffany, $25.00.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, or Tiffany Studios
- date made
- 1893 - 96
- Physical Description
- blue (overall color)
- monochrome, blue (overall surface decoration color name)
- glass, transparent (overall material)
- blown (overall production method/technique)
- iridescent (joint piece production method/technique)
- trailed (joint piece production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 27.305 cm x 10.4775 cm
- overall: 10 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 27.6225 cm x 10.4775 cm
- Object Name
- vase
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