Favrile Wine Glass, 1918-1924
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Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
Artifact
Wine glass
Date Made
1918-1924
Creators
Tiffany Furnaces (Corona, New York, N.Y.)
Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.)
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York, Queens, Corona
Creator Notes
Designed by A. Douglas Nash for Tiffany Studios in Corona, Queens, New York.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Davidson-Gerson Gallery of Glass
Object ID
00.4.4923
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Blown glass
Color
Colorless
Blue
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Diameter: 4.125 in
Weight: 6.2 oz
Inscriptions
TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS - REGISTERED TRADE MARK / LCT [embossed on gold paper label on bottom]
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