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Vase

Maker: Tiffany Studios, American, 1848-1933
Medium: Opalescent glass
Place Made: Corona, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1920
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (33.3 x 17.5 x 17.5 cm)
Markings: On bottom, etched in script: "1535-4554M" and "Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces Inc. Favrile"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2000.79.2
Credit Line: Gift of Richard L. Gaynor and Donald S. Gaynor in memory of their parents, Robert Samuel Gaynor and Pearl Russek Gaynor
Image: Overall, 2000.79.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Opalescent or "Favrile" glass vase; large, thick-walled, trumpet shape with wide flaring rim. Body tapers to large knob that sits atop annular knob, resting on domed base with fourteen evenly spaced molded striations; folded foot. Nearly colorless body overlaid with gold iridescence with rose and blue highlights. Condition: very good

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