Going into town for a new inkwell and pen rest in case Alice Roosevelt Longworth stops by for tea and wants to write a letter home. Images from a trade catalogue with desk sets from Tiffany Studios that include lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910.

Front cover of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain due to age. via https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1175/rec/17

ABALONE DESK SET. This is a bronze set of beautiful workmanship, highly finished in soft gold or silver with incised lines of tonal color following the conventionalized pattern of the design. This ornament surrounds discs of the natural Abalone shell embedded in the metal. DESCRIPTION: Lamp – gold only; Shade; Pen Holder; Photograph Frame, 6 “ x 8 1/2; Match Safe, no stand; Photograph Frame, 10” x 14”; Inkstand, small; Paper Rack; Blotter Ends, 19” x 24” Pad; Blotter Ends, 12’ x 9” Pad; Blotter Corners; Letter Rack; Inkstand; Stamp Box; Pen Tray; Pen Brush; Paper Knife; Rocker Blotter; Letter Clip; Calendar (Perpetual); Thermometer; Memoranda Pad, plain or dated; Letter Scales; Photograph Frame; Book Ends; Utility Box; Reading Glass; Photograph Frame (Cabinet). Pages 2 and 3 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain due to age. via https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1178/rec/17

A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE MANY AND VARIED PRODUCTS OF THE TIFFANY STUDIOS. TABLE FERNERIES 11” AND 12” IN DIAMETER FILLED WITH REMOVABLE PANS. List #833 Etched Metal over glass Price $50.00; List #834 Heavy Bronze, Marsh-marigold design Price $55.00; List #1701 Etched Metal, gold finish with color inlay, Price $28.00. FLOWER HOLDERS – Bronze bases surmounted by Favrile Glass Vases, various prices. COMFORTS AND CARD TRAYS – Etched metal with and without Abalone shell inlay, from $5.00 up. ASH RECEIVERS of heavy bronze, single and in nests; varied color finishes, from $5.00 up. Pages 26 and 27 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17

Bronze Smokers Stands, stationary or adjustable, fitted with removable Favrile Glass Bowls. Green or brown finish: #1651, $50.00; #1652, $75.00; #1650, $50.00; #1649, $38.00. Gold finish: #1651 $63.00 #1652, $94.00; #1650, $63.00; #1649, $48.00. Page 28 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17

*Bronze Candlesticks. Finished in green or gold or bronze.* Page 29 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17

LOUIS XVI DESK SET. Lovers of French Art will find in this set an expression of the exquisite delicacy of this Period. Set finished in dull gold. DESCRIPTION: Lamp – Shade extra; Pen Holder; Blotter Ends, 12” x 19” Pad; Pen Tray; Utility Box; Paper Knife; Inkstand; Paper Rack; Pad Holder, plain or engagement; Rocker Blotter; Calendar. Page 16 and 17 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17

Cabinet vases. Art glass from around 1900 made by Tiffany Studios of New York City.

*Decorated Cabinet Vase* Decorated cabinet vase in favrile glass. ca. 1898-1900. American. Maker’s marks: engraved “L.C.T./Q40” on the base. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/design/decorated-cabinet-vase

Favrile and millifiore art glass cabinet vase, with overall purple iridescence with silver vines, green ivy and interspersed millifiore. ca. 1902. American. Maker’s marks: Inscribed “L.C.T.” to the base. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/vases/tiffany-favrile-millifiore-glass-cabinet-vase-circa-1902/id-f_20371202/

Favrile glass cabinet vase. Early 20th c. American. Maker’s marks: marked “L.C.T, H. 1518”. Imaged by and image © Heritage Auctions, HA.com. Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/glass/tiffany-studios-favrile-glass-cabinet-vase-early-20th-centurymarks-lct-h-15182-x-4-inches-51-x-102-cm-/a/8006-79291.s

Vases made by Tiffany Studios. All of these taken from a recent Sotheby’s auction catalog.

“Jack-in-the-Pulpit” vase. ca. 1910. American. Favrile glass. Maker’s marks: engraved “776E L. C Tiffany-Favrile.” Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/dreaming-in-glass-masterworks-by-tiffany-studios/jack-in-the-pulpit-vase

*“Jack-in-the-Pulpit” vase.* ca. 1900-1903. American. Favrile glass. Maker’s marks: engraved “*L.C.T./Y4993*.”
*Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via* https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/dreaming-in-glass-masterworks-by-tiffany-studios/jack-in-the-pulpit-vase-2

“Morning Glory” paperweight vase. 1907. American. Favrile glass. Maker’s marks: engraved “*L.C. TIFFANY/FAVRILE/L.H. NASH*” in red enamel. Also engraved “*Paris/gold medal/Louis C. Tiffany Favrile ex 1274*.” *Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via* https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/dreaming-in-glass-masterworks-by-tiffany-studios/morning-glory-paperweight-vase

“Morning Glory” paperweight vase. ca. 1914. American. Favrile glass. Maker’s marks: engraved “*8062H L.C. Tiffany-Favrile*.” Image *Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via* https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/dreaming-in-glass-masterworks-by-tiffany-studios/morning-glory-paperweight-vase-2

Egyptian Revival with a Tiffany Studios spin. Egyptian Revival has been going in and out of fashion for around 200 years. It always comes back. All of that with that extra fabulousness.

Bookends. ca. 1920. American. Gilt bronze with polychrome decoration. Maker’s marks: Impressed “TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEWYORK/2032” Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/design-2/tiffany-studios-pair-of-egyptian-bookends

Pair of cast bronze wall sconces/plaques with turtle bank inserts. ca. 1920. American. Maker’s marks: stamped “TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK.” Image 2020 © **Antiquarian Traders, Inc.** Fair use license. via http://antiquariantraders.com/shop-antiques/bronze/rare-pr-of-tiffany-cast-bronze-egyptian-revival-wall-sconesplaques/

Carved favrile glass Egyptian collar baluster form vase, the shoulder carved with a band of flowers. ca. 1912. American. Maker’s marks: Engraved “L. C. Tiffany Favrilte 7175N”. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/vases/carved-tiffany-favrile-glass-egyptian-collar-vasetiffany-studios/id-f_15598842/

Antique compotes from Tiffany. Some in silver and some in glass. All beautiful.

Compote with cage stem. ca. 1909. American. Blue iridescent glass with a webbing of glass around a plain stem. Marked “6207D L.C.Tiffany – Favrile” (1909) around the around palipout. Tiffany Studios, maker. Image © Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/4046/compote-with-cage-stem?ctx=de96b4fe-0906-4054-b99f-e054a2b062fb&idx=16

Compote. ca. 1854-1869. Etruscan Revival. Silver. Marks: “TIFFANY & CO, QUALITY 925-1000, 550 BROADWAY, 1930, 4144, (two Gothic Ms).” A. John Chandler Moore & Son for Tiffany and Company, maker. Image © 2020 Heritage Auctions. Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-holloware-american/compotes/a-john-chandler-moore-and-son-etruscan-revival-silver-compote-for-tiffany-and-co-new-york-circa-1854-1869marks-tiffany-and/a/5297-74087.s

Compote with deer with majestic stag antlers and a hunt theme. — Compote with handles in a hunt motif with deer with majestic stag antlers. Curved bowl with a floral rinceaux rim and a reeded foot, Hallmark for 1870-1875. American. Sterling silver.Curved bowl and domed foot. Bowl has floral rinceaux rim. Union Square hallmark (1870-75) with pre-1875 pattern no. 3623. Tiffany and Company, New York, maker. Image Nelson & Nelson Antiques, Inc. © 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.nelsonandnelsonantiques.com/items/1387687/Early-Tiffany-Sterling-Silver-Deer-Compote-Majestic-Stag-Antlers

Compote. — Compote with mold blown gold iridescent glass, optic ribbed bowl, solid baluster stem and a round foot with an engraved ivy design inside the bowl and foot top. ca. 1921. Marks: “1711P c L.C. Tiffany Favrile” with the c underlined engraved on the bottom turned rim.”543 – C54″ scratched near the rim. Image © Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Fair use license. via https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/8855/compote?ctx=56ff5871-b9bc-41a2-9d28-9ca657ad927a&idx=3

Flower pictures by American artist Alice Carmen Gouvy (ca. 1870-1875 to 1924). A designer for Tiffany Studios, she studied first at the Cleveland School of Art and later at the Art Students League in New York.

"Violets.” 1898-1902. — “Violets.” 1898-1902. Watercolor. Alice Carmen Gouvy for Tiffany Furnaces, Corona, New York. Collection of the Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violets_(watercolor).jpg

"Thistle." 1902. Watercolor. — “Thistle.” 1902. Watercolor. Done by Gouvy for Tiffany Furnaces, Corona, New York. Collection of the Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thistle_watercolor.jpg

'Snapdragons." ca. 1901. — “Snapdragons.” ca. 1901. Watercolor on paper. Alice Carmen Gouvy, designer for the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, New York. Image © Charles Hosmer Morse Museum, Winter Park, Florida. Fair use license. via https://www.pinterest.com/pin/488429522082750621/?lp=true

"Chestnut Leaves.' 1898-1982. — “Chestnut Leaves.’ 1898-1982. Watercolor. Alice Carmen Gouvy for Tiffany Furnaces, Corona, New York, New York. Collection of the Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chestnut_Leaves.jpg

*Bell peppers.* ca. 1901. American. Alice Carmen Gouvy, artist (1863-1924). Watercolor and graphite on paper. Signed *A. C.. G.* on the lower left. Marks: *[ENAM]EL DEPT. / [S.] G. CO. / TIFFANY FURNACES.(89-003)*. Collections of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/paintings/bell-peppers-by-alice-carmen-gouvy/

And many thanks to Biancas Visions on WordPress. She has just posted about Alice Carmen Gouvey at this link https://biancasvisions8.wpcomstaging.com/2024/11/11/alice-carmen-gouvy-ca-1870-1875-1924/ and kindly commented here with a link to the Bell Peppers watercolor I just added. Thank you! Please check out her post at the link as some of the watercolors are the same but many are different.

Designs for stained glass windows that sparkle from Tiffany studios. Collection of the Morse Museum, Orlando, Florida. Images courtesy of the museum.

Mausoleum windows. ca. 1910. Mrs. Helen B. Raven, client. Watercolor on paper Attributed to Agnes Northrop for Tiffany Studios. Collection of the Morse Museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/paintings/62-023-mausoleum-window-design

Design for a window in the Rosehill Mausoleum. c. 1910. Watercolor on paper. Collection of the Morse Museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/paintings/62-024-design-for-landscape-window

More glorious glass from Louis Comfort Tiffany and his studios, made for his long demolished home, Laurelton Hall which was out on Long Island in New York.

Chapel reredos. ca. 1893. Exhibited at The World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago. (The White City). Glass mosaic. Image courtesy the Morse Museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/architectural-ornament/chapel-reredos

Daffodil Terrace capital. ca. 1893. Concrete and cast glass. Collection of the Morse Museum. via https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/tiffanys-laurelton-hall-in-photos-4122039

Dragonfly lamp screen. ca. 1920. Leaded glass. Image courtesy the Morse Museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/lamps-and-lighting/moth-lamp-screen

Electrolier. ca. 1893. Exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (The White City). Glass and metal. Image courtesy the Morse Museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/lamps-and-lighting/chapel-electrolier1

Lunette window. ca. 1890-1900. Leaded glass and cast lead. Image courtesy the Morse Museum. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/windows/lunette-window

A bit of luck these are. I post these to my twitter account where the Morse Museum found my earlier Tiffany post. They sent me a link asking me to check out their Tiffany collection so I could share them with you. A real treat.