Tiffany Studios

Brown blown Favrile glass vases had a certain appeal to my father and a number of examples in that color were added to the collection. Many of these brown pieces exhibit some sort of unusual feature and this particular vase is no exception. The shape and the irregular small bulges echo those featured in high-fired unglazed Shigaraki stoneware vases made in Japan during the 17^th and 18^th centuries. What is almost as interesting is how the object was signed. Although definitely made entirely of glass, the vase is inscribed P1367 L.C.T. Favrile Pottery. Perhaps the gaffer or the superintendent insisted that the piece be marked in this manner. More likely, however, is that the vase baffled whoever in the glasshouse was responsible for signing the objects and he or she believed that the vase was actually a piece of pottery.

- Paul Doros