This Favrile Glass Flower Form dates to an early period of blown glass production at Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass furnaces.
The underside of the finely ribbed pillowed foot was iridized by Tiffany's glassblowers, offering a rainbow effect through the translucent amber glass. A waisted stem of translucent glass, decorated with vertical pinstriping in a contrasting deep purple color, rises and flares out into globular cup decorated with a pulled petal motif bordered by a thick band of pink, framed by a background of soft pink glass.
The use of unusual and expensive pigments and naturalistic sculptural form and decoration are more commonly seen in the Tiffany Glass Flower Forms produced in the 1890s and early 1900s, a period during which no expense was spared by the company. The Flower Forms produced in the 20th century were more commonly made in shades of green, white and gold.
This rare early piece of original Tiffany Favrile Glass is inscribed on the underside with signature and date code.
Height: 8 ¼ inches (20.9 cm)
Reference:
Martin Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty, pg. 42