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Millefiori, vase

Louis Comfort TIFFANY (designer), TIFFANY FURNACES, Corona, New York (manufacturer)
Millefiori, vase
 (c. 1910)

Medium
glass (favrile)

Measurements
18.8 × 10.2 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997

Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Corona, New York, United States

Inscription
engraved in rim of base: L. C. Tiffany - Favrile 6248 E

Accession Number
1997.65

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
A hand-blown glass vase of ovoid form in irridescent golden yellow with 'millefiori' inclusions representing whitish floral motifs amid a green trailing vine and leaves.

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