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Contents of Case 1: 103 objects

Tiffany case

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), whose father founded the famous retailer Tiffany & Company (1837–present), was trained as a painter, and several of his canvases can be seen in the adjoining American Identities galleries. During trips to England as a young man, Tiffany became aware of William Morris, the designer, Socialist, and founder of the English Arts and Crafts Movement, whose workshops, Morris & Company, created beautifully wrought handmade objects. Beginning in 1879, Tiffany founded a series of design firms that eventually became Tiffany Studios. In these workshops, he supervised the production of extraordinary glass windows, vases, and lighting devices, as well as metal objects that were among the first American decorative arts objects to achieve international fame.

Although Tiffany considered his stained-glass windows a more prestigious art form than his glass lamps and vases, he is best known today for the latter two. On the fourth floor of the Museum are two splendid Tiffany landscape windows that were removed from a deconsecrated church in Brooklyn, as well as a display of the principal Tiffany vases in the collection. With the installation of lamps and vases here in Visible Storage Study Center, all of the Museum’s holdings of Tiffany are now on display.

Many of the works installed here have important provenances, or history of ownership. Some objects were owned by Laura Barnes, wife of Alfred Barnes, the famous Philadelphia collector of Impressionist paintings, and others belonged to René de Quelin, one of Tiffany’s shop stewards, or general managers. A third group donated by Charles Gould, a New York businessman and personal friend of the artist, was selected personally by Tiffany for the Museum.

Visible Storage: Case 1, Shelf A (Tiffany Glass)
14.739.1 Tiffany & Company
Miniature Vase ca. 1896-1920

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14.739.4 Tiffany & Company
Vase ca. 1900

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44.1.5 Jacques Sicard
Vase 1901-1907

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64.246.3a-b Tiffany Studios
Pair of Salts ca. 1900

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64.246.4 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase ca. 1900

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64.246.5 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase ca. 1900

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67.120.57 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.58 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.59 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1906-1912

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67.120.60 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.62 Tiffany Studios
Bottle ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.63 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Bottle ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.64 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1913-1920

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67.120.67 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1906-1912

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67.120.68 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.71 Tiffany Studios
Vase Miniature 1906-1912

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67.120.72 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.75 Tiffany Studios
Jar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.77 Tiffany Studios
Jar ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.78 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.79 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1906-1912

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67.120.80 Tiffany Studios
Vase 1901-1905

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67.120.81 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.82 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.83 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.84 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.89 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.91 Tiffany Studios
Jar ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.92 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1906-1912

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67.120.93 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1900

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67.120.94 Tiffany Studios
Vase 1906-1912

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67.120.95 Tiffany Studios
Bottle ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.96 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.98 American
Vase 1900-1920

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67.120.99 Tiffany Studios
Vase 1906-1912

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67.120.100 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.101 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1906-1912

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67.120.102 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1913-1920

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67.120.104 American
Perfume Bottle with Stopper ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.105 Tiffany Studios
Shot Glass ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.106 Tiffany Studios
Shot Glass ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.108 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.109 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.110 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.111 Tiffany Studios
Vase 1906-1912

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67.126.2 Fenton Art Glass Company
Vase ca. 1915

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74.96.3a-b American
Candlestick ca. 1910

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L45.3 Frederick Carder
Vase late 19th century

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Visible Storage: Case 1, Shelf B (Tiffany Glass)
14.739.2 Tiffany & Company
Bottle or Vase ca. 1896-1900

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14.739.3 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase 1900

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14.739.6 Tiffany Studios
Flower Vase ca. 1900

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14.739.18 Tiffany Studios
Flower Vase ca. 1900

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59.143.16 Martin Bach
Vase ca. 1905

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62.102.4 Tiffany Studios
Dish ca. 1910

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67.120.66 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1896-1919

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67.120.69 Tiffany Studios
Rosewater Sprinkler 1901-1905

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67.120.70 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.73 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1896-1919

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67.120.76 Tiffany Studios
Jar ca. 1901-1905

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67.120.85 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.86 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.88 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.97 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.115 A. Douglas Nash Corporation
Dish ca. 1919-1928

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67.120.116 A. Douglas Nash Corporation
Dish ca. 1919-1928

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77.48.5 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1897-1913

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1995.108.3 Frederick Carder
Vase ca. 1915

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2000.79.1 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1920

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Visible Storage: Case 1, Shelf C (Tiffany Glass)
14.739.5 Tiffany & Company
Large Circular Plaque ca. 1900

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14.739.9 Tiffany & Company
Flower Vase ca. 1900

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14.739.10 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1900

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14.739.12 Tiffany & Company
Flower Vase ca. 1896-1900

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14.739.15 Tiffany & Company
Flower Vase 1913-1920

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14.739.16 Tiffany & Company
Flower Vase 1900-1910

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14.739.17 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1900

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62.102.5 Tiffany Studios
Mug ca. 1900

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64.246.2 Tiffany Studios
Bowl ca. 1910

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64.246.7 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase ca. 1900

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64.246.8 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase ca. 1900

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67.120.52a-h Tiffany Studios
Lamp ca. 1910

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67.120.65 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1896-1900

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67.120.74 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1906-1912

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67.120.113 Tiffany Studios
Fruit Cup ca. 1896-1919

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67.120.114 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1896-1919

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71.183.2 Tiffany Studios
Footed Cup ca. 1896-1900

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Visible Storage: Case 1, Shelf D (Tiffany Glass)
64.246.6 Tiffany Studios
Vase ca. 1900

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64.246.9 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase ca. 1900

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67.120.13 American
Tilt-Top Tripod Stand, Sheraton Style ca. 1800

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67.120.51 Tiffany Studios
Lamp ca. 1910

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67.120.55 Tiffany Studios
Lamp ca. 1910

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67.120.56 Tiffany Studios
Lamp ca. 1910

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67.120.61 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1894-1919

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67.120.87 Tiffany Studios
Salt Cellar ca. 1900-1920

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67.120.103 Tiffany Studios
Miniature Vase ca. 1913-1920

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77.86.1 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase ca.1913

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Visible Storage: Case 1, Shelf E (Tiffany Glass)
14.739.7 Tiffany Studios
Vase 1901-1905

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59.83a-c Louis Comfort Tiffany
Inkwell ca. 1900

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67.120.50 Handel & Company
Lamp ca. 1900

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72.15 Tiffany Studios
Lamp ca. 1900

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76.142 Tiffany Studios
Lamp ca. 1905

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77.86.2 Tiffany Studios
Lamp 1906-1938

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77.86.5 Tiffany Studios
Lamp 1905-1938

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77.86.7 Tiffany Studios
Table Lamp ca. 1906-1938

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