Title & Description: This bowl is made to take the appearance of a flower with red-brown petals cupping upward from a circular base. The most striking feature of this piece, however, is the center of the flower. A beautifully formed, 8-sectioned circle of iridescent glass surrounds a single iridescent scarab that shines blue with purple and green undertones. The scarab appears like a seal, round with raised detailing on the shell and body.
Artist: Louis C. Tiffany
Dates: 1880-1930
Country of Origin: United States
Foundry Mark: Tiffany Studios New York 4075
Signature: None
Date: 1900
Construction: Cast Bronze
Base Material: Bronze
Provenance: Putnam County Estate
Size: H. 3.5x W. 8.0x D. 8.0"
Weight: 1lbs 11.2oz
Condition: Light patina gives this bowl a greenish tiny, but there is no damage done to the glass within and no disfiguring to the petals of the bowl.
Artist Biography: The 1830s in New York City were a time of dynamic growth and golden opportunity for anyone with a little capital and an abundance of imagination. In 1837 New York became the proving ground for 25-year-old Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young, who opened a “stationery and fancy goods” store with a $1,000 advance from Tiffany’s father.On their way to the new emporium at 259 Broadway, fashionable ladies in silks, satins and beribboned bonnets faced a gauntlet of narrow streets teeming with horses and carriages. At Tiffany & Co. they discovered a newly emerging “American style” that departed from the European design aesthetic, which was rooted in ceremonial patterns and the Victorian era’s mannered opulence. The young entrepreneurs were inspired by the natural world, which they interpreted in patterns of simplicity, harmony and clarity.