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Vase

Designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848-1933
Maker: Tiffany Studios, American, 1848-1933
Medium: Opalescent glass
Place Made: Corona, New York, USA
Dates: 1900
Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (11.7 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm)
Markings: Scratched on bottom: "B1632 / L.C.T." Affixed on bottom, original circular paper label printed: "TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS / REGISTERED TRADEMARK" in circle around cipher including letters "GDT CO."
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 14.739.3
Credit Line: Gift of Charles W. Gould
Image: Overall, 14.739.3_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Opalescent or "Favrile" glass vase, pyriform shape with flaring lip and footed base in silvery green-blue iridescence on a mottled yellow ground with scalloped blue, brown and purple bands. CONDITION: Broken and repaired; the break is about a half inch from the foot and continues all around the piece. Another crack goes up to the side and encircles the shoulder and neck. (lab report 4/4/97)

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