{"product_id":"tiffany-studios-reactive-glass-paperweight-exhibition-piece","title":"Tiffany Studios Important Exhibition Paperweight","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeight: 4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiameter: 4 1\/4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned: 1140L L.C. Tiffany-Favrile Exhibition Piece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vase carries the rare \"Exhibition Piece\" designation engraved on its base, a mark reserved exclusively for works of the highest quality produced specifically for public exhibition. Very few pieces in Tiffany's blown glass production received this distinction, and those that did represent the absolute pinnacle of what the Corona glasshouse was capable of achieving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compressed globular form is a showcase of the paperweight technique at its most refined. Irregular leaf and vine motifs are suspended within the glass walls, encased between layers of transparent glass in deep teal and blue. The internal decoration reads as purple and violet leaf forms trailing through the body, with areas of green and silver emerging where the glass shifts in tone. The composition is organic and asymmetrical, no two views of this vase reveal the same arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperweight glass was among the most technically demanding of all Tiffany's blown glass production. Each piece required the gaffer to build up the internal decoration layer by layer, encasing the design between successive gathers of molten glass without disturbing what had already been laid down. The margin for error was virtually nonexistent, a single miscalculation in temperature or timing would destroy the entire piece. For a vase to survive this process and then be selected for the \"Exhibition Piece\" designation speaks to the extraordinary level of execution achieved here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an important and exceptionally rare example of Tiffany's most advanced blown glass work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIFFANY STUDIOS LAMPS \u0026 MORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47534687256754,"sku":null,"price":34000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/8529\/2466\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_69f9b121-1ec7-4c70-b959-6404068c5d85.jpg?v=1780009148","url":"https:\/\/lowryandreed.com\/products\/tiffany-studios-reactive-glass-paperweight-exhibition-piece","provider":"Lowry and Reed Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}