Jar and lid, by Louis Comfort Tiffany, ca. 1900
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Jar and lid

Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)

ca. 1900

Medium
Favrile glass
Classification
Glassware
Dimensions
H x diam. (a,b: overall): 8.5 x 9.9 cm (3 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Bequest of Joseph L. Morris
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

(a) Straight sided round jar of transparent pink glass with milky diaper pattern; stylized floral pattern in base; transparent flat foot. (b) Slightly convex brass lid with threaded design partially enameled in red, green, blue; projecting narrow lip.