Vase
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware
DATES
ca. 1905
DIMENSIONS
Height: 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Underside of Base:incised,in script, near edge : " P1272 L.C.T. [illegible] / "Pottery"; at center ovelapping large letters : " LCT"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2010.70
CREDIT LINE
Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Ovid vase in the form of a cabbage with three large outer leaves, with wide base, tapering upwards to a narrow pinched opening; white body with mottled red/green glaze with splashes of dark blue, the interior of the vase being dark blue. The bottom stem of each leaf forms a hollow at the base and then rises to 3/4 of the height of the vase, and consists of a thick, red, ridged stem continuing to a red/green cabbage leaf with splashes of dark blue, visible fronds and irregular, curly edge. The top edge of the vase is irregular in shape with repeating curlicue, naturalistic leaf forms creating the edge of the vase.
Condition: Very Good
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933). Vase, ca. 1905. Glazed earthenware, Height: 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund, 2010.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.70_detail.jpg)
IMAGE
detail,
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Where does the name "Comfort" come from? My theory is that it is a reference to the religious revivalism of the Antebellum period.
It's a family name that stretches back to the middle 18th century in the Tiffany family. As to its origins and possible meanings or religious associations, I can only guess. The first Comfort in the family was Comfort Tiffany who was born in October of 1758.
