Tiffany Studios Early Favrile Decorated CabinetVase — c. 1899

A diminutive early Favrile art glass cabinet vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany, standing just 2½ inches tall. The hand-blown ovoid body carries Tiffany's signature lustred iridescence — a warm gold-and-amber surface at the shoulder that melts into soft greens and blue-grey tones down the body, animated with organic pulled green decoration that drifts like foliage or flame around the form. The satiny, non-mirror sheen is characteristic of genuine Favrile, where the color is part of the glass itself rather than sprayed on. The underside shows a ground and polished pontil and is engraved L390.

The "L" prefix dates the piece to 1899, one of Tiffany's earliest production years (Favrile was patented in 1894 and first produced in 1896). Per the Robert Koch dating chart, the prefix letters run two per year from A = 1894, placing K–L in 1899. This makes it an especially desirable early, decorated, miniature example — the small "cabinet" size and the colored decoration both add to collector appeal over plain gold pieces.