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Tiffany Morning Glory Paperweight Vase

Creator: Louis Comfort Tiffany -Tiffany Studios
Offered by: Macklowe Gallery, Ltd

Description
A Tiffany Studios New York "Paperweight" vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany. A major innovation in Tiffany's work around 1900 involved the encasement of hot glass with an additional transparent layer--a technique associated with paperweights. The added layer of clear glass produced a three-dimensional effect, as though the plants existed in a lower level, beneath the surface. Most of Tiffany's early "Paperweight" vases had a clear body with a gold iridescent core, adding to the poetic effect. This particular vase displays purple and white cream morning glories with green veined leaves and stems against an iridescent translucent light green hued ground. The difficulty of creating naturalistic imagery in hot glass should not be underestimated. The detailed representation of the morning glory blossoms with their star-like markings makes this vase highly desirable.

A vase with similar decoration is pictured in: Louis C. Tiffany: Artist for the Ages, by Marilynn A. Johnson, London: Scala Publishers, Ltd., 2005, p. 150, ca. not. 56; The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, by Paul E. Doros, New York: The Vendome Press, 2013, p. 140, fig. 89; and in: Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., by John Loring, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002, page 163.

Signed: 1616 L; L.C. Tiffany - Favrile

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More Information

Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1900-1919
Creation Date:	Circa 1900.
Styles / Movements:	Aesthetic Movement
Dealer Reference #:	T-18188
Incollect Reference #:	219827

Dimensions

H.	9 in;	Diam.	5.25 in;
H.	22.86 cm;	Diam.	13.34 cm;

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