Punch Bowl with Three Ladles (Primary Title)
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, American, New York, 1892 - 1900 (Artist)
This punch bowl was owned by Henry O. Havemeyer of New York City, one of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s most distinguished patrons, and it is among the most important works created by the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company. Formed of Tiffany’s hand-blown Favrile glass (after the Latin word fabrilis, meaning handmade), the punch bowl has an iridescent surface reminiscent of ancient Roman glass. The gilded silver mounts are classic Art Nouveau-style C- and S-shaped scrolls. The bowl is visible in a photograph (see gallery text panel) of the Tiffany Favrile Glass display at the Paris World’s Fair of 1900 where Louis Comfort Tiffany won a grand prize and received the French Legion of Honor.
Art Nouveau
stamped on underside of base: "APRIL 1900 / TIFFANY G. & D. CO. / NEW YORK / 1282"
Sydney and Frances Lewis Art Nouveau Fund
Displayed at the World's Fair, Paris, 1900; Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, NY, 1901
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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