Keep it on or take it off?

[GuntherHess]

A Brief Timeline of The Life of Louis Comfort Tiffany




1848

Louis Comfort Tiffany, the son of the founder of Tiffany
and Co. jewelers (Charles Lewis Tiffany), is born in New York City.


1878

First business is launched, Louis C. Tiffany & Co.
First stained-glass figure window is produced.


1885


Tiffany launches a production facility in Hoboken NJ which made
wicker covered beer bottles. The bottles turned out to be so ugly
that customers immediately ripped the wicker off of them. None are
known to have survived intact.


1892

Tiffany establishes his first plant, Tiffany Furnaces, in Corona, NY.


1893

Two large-scale Tiffany light fixtures are on display at the
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.


1894

Trademark for the Favrile-glass is registered with the United States Patent Office.


1899

The first important exhibition of Tiffany products is held in
London. Show includes blown-glass vases and bowls, pendants for
electric lights, lamp and candle shades.


1899

The first Tiffany lamp with a heavy bronze base is introduced.
Patterns include the nautilus, dragonfly and Tyler scroll.


1900

First electric Tiffany table lamp exhibited in Paris.


1902

Company name is changed to Tiffany Studios.


1904

New line of pottery, copper enamels and jewelry is shown at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.


1906-1916

A large number of gift items are added to the line, including jewelry boxes,
cigar boxes, picture frames, planters, spun metal dishes.
Retailers carrying these items include Marshall Field's Neiman Marcus and Shreve's.


1913

Company introduces a new kind of glass, Tiffany linen-fold,
which is used exclusively for lamp shades.


1919

Louis C. Tiffany retires from active participation in his
company, but retains title of President. Tiffany Studios' sumptuous
building on Madison Ave. in New York is vacated. Tiffany returns to
his early love, oil painting, and devotes time to establishing the
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.


1933

Tiffany dies at age 85.

 

[woody]

LOL, Matt, that was great!!!

 

[KentOhio]

Yeah Woody, that's pretty neat about the brithday. I think someone else on here has the same birthday too.
The article says he worked at glass factories in Brooklyn. Bottles made in Brooklyn in the late 1870s could have been blown by Tiffany, if he was a blower, but he was just an employee and didn't own any bottle factories. On this bottle, Tiffany isn't the maker, but the bottler. There are lots of Tiffany and Allen bottles from New Jersey, in both pottery and glass. It might have been Charles Tiffany, who's in the 1880 census as a liquor dealer.

 

[GuntherHess]

LOL, Matt, that was great!!!

Just seeing if people are paying attention[]

 

[herenthere]

wood, ya know that's the great thing about bottle collecting, the different categories. I being a black glass collector know very little about mineral bottles. I have tons of inks and western whiskeys and various other bottles but no minerals. This could get pricey, but it's fun.
Thanks & take care, Rick

 

[cyberdigger]

I think it's a great bottle and it was an excellent decision to "clean" it!! That shape and embossing is much too interesting to wicker over! Let me know if you want to sell it... -Charlie

 

[woody]

I think that bottle would do well, if you decide to sell it, Rick.
I believe you made the right choice of removing the wicker from it.

 

[Just Dig it]

Isnt there a Tiffany Museum??? maybe they would take a gander or at least know its scarcity..just a thought

 

[herenthere]

Hi, here's the pics of the Tiffany bottle. It's nice that the wicker (rattan) was covering the bottle, now it's 100% mint. Wonder what they might say on the antiques roadshow, probably "nice bottle kid, now run along I'm a little busy", or "sure would've been nice had he made it out of stained glass". I noticed one panel's sunk while the next one is raised. And had he used just a tinny bit smaller lettering, the wording wouldn't have run all the way down to the base, but then that's why they call em protos in the first place. I like the misspelling of works..WOWKS, and it ran so far down the bottle that he backed up the second W to the point that it covered part of the O. I guess a cute little error. I think I'll call Jeff over at American Bottle Auctions and see what he thinks about puttin up for auction, whatcha think? Later all, Rick http://webpages.charter.net/amronspage/

 

[GuntherHess]

One good thing about wickered bottles is you know they werent dug[]
They tend to be in nice shape after washing the nasty black dust off.