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Tiffany Studios
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Tiffany Studios
- A Rare "Agate" Vase
- engraved 845N L.C. Tiffany-Favrile and with firm's paper label
- favrile glass
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, November 17, 1984, lot 274
Condition
Overall in very good condition. With a few minute air bubbles inclusions inherent in the making; the exterior with a few small and minute open air bubbles inherent in the making, including one adjacent to one of the carved vertical ribs. When viewed in person the vase displays great artistic complexity and layering to the carved agate decoration and is far more nuanced and visually impactful than seen in the catalogue illustration. An outstanding example displaying superb scale, decoration and color.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Tiffany Furnaces was certainly not the first glasshouse to attempt to create objects that emulate the striations within stones. That distinction went to Friedrich Egermann, a Bohemian glassmaker, who invented Lithyalin glass in the 1830s. Many other European companies soon copied Egermann’s invention, as did Tiffany, and Agate vases were among his firm’s earliest production. The use of a swirled, opaque glass was a technique Tiffany’s glassworkers were already familiar with in the production of the sheet glass made for the company’s leaded glass windows and it was a natural transition to use the same glass for blown vessels.
Favrile Agate vases, with their panel-cut surfaces, perhaps come closer than any other glass objects ever made in replicating the actual appearance of sliced sections of striated and banded agate. Many of these pieces, including the present example from the McConnell collection, have ground and polished top rims, a feature not normally found in blown Favrile pieces. Their artistic and commercial success is indicated by the fact that Tiffany Furnaces continued to produce Agate vases until the mid-1920s.
Favrile Agate vases, with their panel-cut surfaces, perhaps come closer than any other glass objects ever made in replicating the actual appearance of sliced sections of striated and banded agate. Many of these pieces, including the present example from the McConnell collection, have ground and polished top rims, a feature not normally found in blown Favrile pieces. Their artistic and commercial success is indicated by the fact that Tiffany Furnaces continued to produce Agate vases until the mid-1920s.
─Paul Doros