Tiffany Favrile Glass
Paperweight Agate Vase

American, circa 1926-29
Height: 6 ¾ inches (17.15 cm)

A Tiffany Favrile Glass Agate Paperweight Vase, the exterior appearing as a mosaic-like arrangement of tesserae in variegated blue.

The interior of this unusual Tiffany glass vase is "fumed" in an amber iridescent finish, with a rich purple iridescence along the rim.

In Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty , Martin Eidleberg describes the technique used in producing this type of vase as: "Sections of millefiori caning were assembled and fused side-by-side, cased, and then were blown further and distended--an interesting variation on Ancient Roman murrine glass."

Illustrated:

Martin Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty, New York: Lillian Nassau LLC, 2007, p. 75 object 90 (right)