Covered Box

Designed by Louis C. Tiffany American
 Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company American
 Stourbridge Glass Company American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 743

This object forms part of a group of glass vessels and enamel containers Louis Comfort Tiffany loaned to the Museum in 1925 that were later given to the Museum by the Tiffany Foundation in 1951 (51.121.1–.44). Tiffany originally chose this group of objects to show examples of form, technique, and color that were not represented in the 1896 Havemeyer gift (96.17.9–.56). The coloration and patterning of Japanese lacquer incense boxes may have inspired this piece. The dark, rich ground evokes black lacquer, and the red and gold raised enamel decoration of a grasshopper, clover, and grasses references Japanese motifs associated with autumn.

Covered Box, Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York), Enamel on copper, American

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Covered Box, Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York), Enamel on copper, American
Covered Box, Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York), Enamel on copper, American
Covered Box, Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York), Enamel on copper, American
Covered Box, Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York), Enamel on copper, American

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