An extremely rare Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau bronze and favrile glass "Mosaic "Arrowhead Fern" Jardinière by, Tiffany Studios decorated with inlaid mosaic iridized yellow favrile "damascene glass" with cast bronze arrowhead decoration finished in an original gold and further acid etched bronze patina. The planter retains its original copper liner the jardinere is impressed, "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 835"
Provenance:
Private Collection
Notes:
The design and creation of the example photographed has been accredited to "Clara Driscoll"One of the "Tiffany Girls."
Literature:
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 374-375
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, pp. 395, no. 1601, 396, no. 1608 and 397, no. 1610
Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margi Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany, Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, New York, 2007, p. 75
William R. Holland, Tiffany Desk Sets, Atglen, PA, 2008, p. 229
