Calyx-shaped goblet from the "Favrile" series, ca. 1897–1900

DesignLouis C. Tiffany, New York 1848–1933 New York

ExecutionTiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1892–1924

Clear glass and opaque white glass, partly overlaid in green, applied and marvered threads, iridized

(H x Ø)46 × 14,1 cm

Place of originNew York

Status

not on display

About the workA large, mysteriously shimmering calyx-shaped goblet: when such glasses by the entrepreneur and artist Louis Comfort Tiffany were exhibited in Paris in 1895, nobody in Europe had ever heard of glass art from the USA. In fact, Tiffany had only begun producing iridescent glass the year before, using a technique developed in Hungary to mimic the opalescent corrosion of old glass. Tiffany and subsequently the Lötz company in Bohemia successfully used it to create innovative effects on their glassware.

AccessionGift of Helmut Hentrich 1970

Inventory numberP 1970-438

Contact

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