Kuttrolf-like Decanter / Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Accession Number
1972/2.221
Title
Kuttrolf-like Decanter
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1848-1933
Medium and Support
iridescent gold and rust glass
Object Creation Date
circa 1896-1900
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Style/Group/Movement
Art Nouveau
Inscription
Initialed and numbered on base: L.C.T. 50
Dimensions
20.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm (8 1/16 in. x 4 1/8 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts
Primary Object Type
glass
Physical Description
This orange/yellow iridescent decanter with a triangular-shapped stopper is pinched in the middle, dividing the vessel into several separate channels.
Subject Matter
Henry and Lousine Havemeyer were active collectors of the hand-made, iridescent glass made by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany had been known for making leaded windows since the late 1870s, but only began to make blown-glass vessels in the early 1890s—not long after his work on the Havemeyer house in New York. Tiffany’s term for this opulent glasswork was Favrile (a term derived from the Old English work fabrile, meaning “handmade”); Tiffany obtained a patent for the richly colored and iridescent
Favrile glass in 1894.
Working with Tiffany to select outstanding pieces, the Havemeyers amassed an impressive collection of Tiffany’s Favrile glass; much of it was donated by the family to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nearly all of the Tiffany glass in the University of Michigan’s collection was purchased at auction in 1930, along with the architectural fragments, by Emil Lorch, University of Michigan's Dean of the College of Architecture and Design.
Kuttrolf bottles and decanters were first introduced during the 14th century in northern Europe; such vessels had multiple-channel necks (often tilted at an angle) to facilitate a slow pouring of the liquor held in the containers.
Primary Keywords
decanter bottle
decanters
glass
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499 x 1065
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Record
1972/2.221
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"Kuttrolf-like Decanter; Louis Comfort Tiffany." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.221/1972_2.221.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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