Details

Title

Bowl

Artist/Maker

Paulding Farnham (American, 1859-1927), designer
Tiffany & Co. (American, founded 1837), manufacturer

Date

1900

Medium

Silver, copper, and turquoise

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches

Credit

Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection

Accession #

1984.170

Location

On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 3, Gallery 302

Tiffany and Company presented this rare silver and copper bowl at the Paris Exposition of 1900. The form resembles a Hupa basket. The handles, which are designed to resemble rattlesnakes, are set with turquoise from Arizona. Tiffany and Company produced a very limited series of works inspired by Native American pottery and baskets after a selection was presented at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.