Tiffany Studios

Sotheby’s New York, November 19, 1987, lot 359

Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass-Bronzes-Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, p. 83, pl. 98 (for a period photograph of the present lot in the Tiffany Furnaces showroom)
Martin Eidelberg and Nancy A. McClelland, Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: The Nash Notebooks, New York, 2000, p. 82 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Paul Doros, The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2013, pp. 45 (for the above mentioned period photograph) and 214 (for the present lot illustrated)

This relatively late example from the Tiffany Furnaces is highly reminiscent of some of the glasshouse’s earliest productions, with its swirled design in earth tones and matte acid finish. The vase’s subtle beauty was immediately recognized by the company, who considered it significant enough to display along with a number of extremely important pieces in the Tiffany Studios’ Corona, New York showroom (third piece from left in the period photograph).

- PD