GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Characterized by a vegetal form and a vivid palette, this vase is the result of Louis Comfort Tiffany's late foray into pottery following the critical and financial success of his Favrile glasswares. While Tiffany first experimented with pottery in 1898, four years after he trademarked Favrile, from fabrile or "hand-wrought" in Old English, he did not offer these wares for sale until around 1905. All production examples, including this one, were cast in molds, and variation was achieved through the application of glazes, usually ivory or a shade of green, developed by Tiffany Studios manager Arthur J. Nash and his son Leslie. The saturated and subtly irridiscent teal, blue, and purple glazes that cascade from the scalloped lip to the bulbous base demonstrate the influence of turn-of-the-century French art pottery and porcelain that Tiffany collected and exhibited at his firm's Manhattan location.
Drawn from
- Kevin Tucker and Emily Schiller, DMA unpublished material, 2012.
- Martin Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Pottery and the Quest of Beauty (New York: Lillian Nassau LLC, 2010), 12-13.
NOTES
- I updated Provenance and Bibliography in TMS.
- dma unpublished material = Acquisition Proposal (2012.49)
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Until 2012: Lillian Nassau Gallery (Arlie Sulka), New York [1]
From 2012: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1]
[1] See Lillian Nassau invoice (dated October 27, 2012, in Collections Records Object File) and Dallas Museum of Art check (dated November 11, 2012, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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- Philadelphia Museum of Art~View another example of this vase with a matte, pale green glaze.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read about the French art pottery and porcelain that influenced Louis Comfort Tiffany's Favrile pottery.
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General Description
Characterized by a vegetal form and a vivid palette, this vase is the result of Louis Comfort Tiffany's late foray into pottery following the critical and financial success of his Favrile glasswares. While Tiffany first experimented with pottery in 1898, four years after he trademarked Favrile, from fabrile or "hand-wrought" in Old English, he did not offer these wares for sale until around 1905. All production examples, including this one, were cast in molds, and variation was achieved through the application of glazes, usually ivory or a shade of green, developed by Tiffany Studios manager Arthur J. Nash and his son Leslie. The saturated and subtly irridiscent teal, blue, and purple glazes that cascade from the scalloped lip to the bulbous base demonstrate the influence of turn-of-the-century French art pottery and porcelain that Tiffany collected and exhibited at his firm's Manhattan location.
Drawn from
- Kevin Tucker and Emily Schiller, DMA unpublished material, 2012.
- Martin Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Pottery and the Quest of Beauty (New York: Lillian Nassau LLC, 2010), 12-13.
Fun Facts
Web Resources
- Philadelphia Museum of Art~View another example of this vase with a matte, pale green glaze.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read about the French art pottery and porcelain that influenced Louis Comfort Tiffany's Favrile pottery.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCE
Notes
- I updated Provenance and Bibliography in TMS.
- dma unpublished material = Acquisition Proposal (2012.49)
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2012: Lillian Nassau Gallery (Arlie Sulka), New York [1]
From 2012: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1]
[1] See Lillian Nassau invoice (dated October 27, 2012, in Collections Records Object File) and Dallas Museum of Art check (dated November 11, 2012, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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