Tiffany Favrile hand blown Art Glass footed bowl. Number 1848. Louis Comfort Tiffany was born in 1848 and died in 1933. He was the son of Charles L. Tiffany, founder of world-famous Tiffany & Company in New York City. Louis established his decorative arts business in 1885. He began with glass-blowing, and evolved into leaded glass and metal work. He tradmarked the made-up word Favrile in 1894, and began marking his creations L. C. Tiffany Favrile or L. C. T. Favrile, accompanied by a studio number. His beautiful iridescent glass was meant to imitate the forms and appearance of ancient Roman glass. This iridescent glass compote was made between 1894 and 1920. Measures 8.25 inches by 3.75 inches.
This antique Art Deco Yellow gold, pink, silver and mother of pearl coin box on celluloid with purple silk moire c1890. Measures 3 and one quarter inches long by 2 inches deep and three quarter inches deep. Excellent original condition with out and damage or repairs. At Clock tower
Pablo Picasso Ceramic bowl, face of a woman."Internationally famed for his paintings, sculpture, and graphics, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was long intrigued by ceramics. After seeing the works of the Madoura potters at a crafts fair in 1946, he asked Georges and Suzanne Ramie, who operated the studio, to provide him with the opportunity to work with ceramics" This phrase was taken form http://www.a-r-t.com/picasso/ See Picasso Painter and Sculptor in Clay edited by Marilyn McCully and published by Harry Abrams to learn more about ceramics by Pablo Picasso
