Tiffany Studios New York Monumental Favrile Glass Goblet
Regular price
$12,500
This monumental Tiffany Studios New York Gold Favrile glass goblet features a broad bowl adorned with trailing grapevines and leaves. The leaves were formed from hot-applied, three-part dots of green glass, drawn into delicate points with a hooked tool, while slender trails of green glass create the winding vines. The bowl rises above an elaborate stem composed of three stacked, ribbed melon-form knops and a stepped circular foot. Fashioned entirely from luminous gold Favrile glass, the vessel owes its brilliant iridescence to a fine metallic spray containing silver nitrate, applied to the surface of yellow uranium glass.
Item #: T-22365
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1910
Dimensions: 6.5" diameter, 12" height.
Materials: Favrile Glass
Signed: Y2439 L.C.T
Item #: T-22365
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1910
Dimensions: 6.5" diameter, 12" height.
Materials: Favrile Glass
Signed: Y2439 L.C.T
Monumental goblets such as this were inspired by the elaborate standing cups and ceremonial vessels displayed on European banquet buffets as symbols of wealth and refinement. These sumptuous objects featured prominently in 17th-century Dutch pronkstilleven, or “ostentatious still-life” paintings, in which artists arranged ornate ewers, goblets, silverware, and exotic delicacies into lavish compositions celebrating luxury and abundance. Tiffany's grapevine decoration further evokes the pleasures of the banquet, where grapes and wine symbolized fertility, prosperity, and conviviality.
Monumental goblets such as this were inspired by the elaborate standing cups and ceremonial vessels displayed on European banquet buffets as symbols of wealth and refinement. These sumptuous objects featured prominently in 17th-century Dutch pronkstilleven, or “ostentatious still-life” paintings, in which artists arranged ornate ewers, goblets, silverware, and exotic delicacies into lavish compositions celebrating luxury and abundance. Tiffany's grapevine decoration further evokes the pleasures of the banquet, where grapes and wine symbolized fertility, prosperity, and conviviality.
