Tiffany Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase, 1909

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Jack-in-the-pulpit vase, louis comfort tiffany, tiffany studios new york, 1909, favrile glass, signed the company louis comfort tiffany was one … Read more Jack-in-the-pulpit vase, louis comfort tiffany, tiffany studios new york, 1909, favrile glass, signed the company louis comfort tiffany was one of the most important and most famous art manufactures in the usa around the turn of the century. In addition to the well-known tiffany lamps and leaded glass mosaic windows, the glass vases are among the most significant objects made by louis comfort tiffany in new york. This favrile glass creation, known as the “jack in the pulpit” vase from the tiffany studios in new york, begins with a bulbous base in deep tones of striped, iridescent yellow and gold. Rising from the base is an elongated, slender neck in a similar color scheme, gradually darkening towards the top. From the narrow neck emerges an outward-facing glass blossom in vibrant ochre, umber, and marigold hues, shimmering through the rippled, iridescent outer edges of the flower. Signed with “3211 d” (1909) and “l.c. Tiffany-favrile” bib.: comp. Marilynn a. Johnson, louis comfort tiffany artist for the ages, scala publishers ltd., london 2005, p. 143; comp. Tessa paul, louis comfort tiffany, der grosse künstler des jugendstils, xenos, hamburg 1988; comp. A. Cooney frelinghysen, louis comfort tiffany at the metropolitan museum, the metropolitan museum of art, new york 1998, p. 65; this piece has an attribution mark,
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