Louis Comfort Tiffany: career timeline
American · 1848–1933 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 117 lots (27% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | — | Watercolor |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | $60kSign up | Other |
| 1890s | 2 | 2 | $13kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1900s | 15 | 12 | $2.1kSign up | Other |
| 1910s | 9 | 9 | $1.4kSign up | Other |
| 1920s | 4 | 4 | $875Sign up | Other |
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1870s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 27 × 40 in (69 × 102 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1880s 1 work
1890s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $13kSign up
- Average
- $13kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 16.5 in (25 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1890 On the Corniche$15kSign up
c. 1890 On the Corniche$11kSign up
1900s 15 works
- Sold
- 12 of 15
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 28.5 in (52 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (13), Sculpture (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1900 Gold Favrile Glass Cabinet Vases 1900, 1 PAIR$1.3kSign up
1900 Blue and White Favrile Glass Cabinet Plate 1900Unsold
1900 Blue and White Favrile Glass Etched Ruffled Edge Compote 1900-1915, 'Blue Buttercup'$1.8kSign up
1900 Favrile Green to Clear to White Lattice Blown Glass Trumpet Vase 1900$4.5kSign up
c. 1900 Kleine elektrisch-blaue Favrile-Glasvase$717Sign up
c. 1900 A favrile glass flower form chalice Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, around 1900.Unsold
c. 1900 A pair of favrile glass stembowls Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, around 1900.Unsold
c. 1900 Zwei kleine Balustervasen mit irisierenden Dekoren$2kSign up
c. 1900 Große Favrile-Vase mit stilisierter Kelchblütenform$3.4kSign up
c. 1900 KLEINE GEFUßTE SCHALE$572Sign up
c. 1904 Green-Glazed$2.2kSign up
c. 1905 Red Favrile Glass Cabinet Vase, Blue Pulled Feathering, Ca. 1905-1910$1.3kSign up
Show 3 more (1900s)
c. 1905 'Turtle-Back' desk lamp$5.2kSign up
1908 Chinatown, San Francisco$21.3kSign up
1909 Blue Favrile Perfume$3.2kSign up
1910s 9 works
- Sold
- 9 of 9
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $21.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 20.5 in (46 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (6), Watercolor (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)
1910 Gold Favrile Glass Compote 1910-1920$400Sign up
c. 1910 Louis Comfort Tiffany, A Favrile Glass Table Lamp, Circa 1910$1.4kSign up
c. 1910 KLEINES SCHÄLCHEN$472Sign up
1910 'FAVRILE' VASE, CIRCA 1910$375Sign up
1911 Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt$107kSign up
1913 Gold Favrile Perfume$1.6kSign up
1915 FAVRILE VASE, CIRCA 1915$1.3kSign up
1916 Fall Landscape$31.9kSign up
1917 Yellowstone Hot Spring$50.4kSign up
1920s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $875Sign up
- Average
- $7.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 18.5 in (65 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Engraving (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1)
c. 1920 Glass Vase with Enameled$550Sign up
1923 Untitled (Harbor Scene)$27.7kSign up
1925 GREEN PASTEL FAVRILE GLASS CENTERPIECE BOWL$1.2kSign up
1925 Favrile Glass Lot$550Sign up
Creation date not recorded
85 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work
sold 2004 Four small pieces of iridescent glass,$576Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 20 works
- Sold
- 14 of 20
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $8.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 18.5 in (66 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (16), Oil (2), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
sold 2012 Untitled$37kSign up
sold 2013 Painting StudyUnsold
sold 2013 Painting StudyUnsold
sold 2013 Favrille Tel El Amarna Decorated Vase$1.8kSign up
sold 2014 Tangier$27.5kSign up
sold 2014 Paperweight"-vaseUnsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2014 Art Pottery Vase$750Sign up
sold 2015 Favrile Vase$950Sign up
sold 2015 Favrile$250Sign up
sold 2015 Trumpet Vase with Bronze Base$2.6kSign up
sold 2016 Expansive Fall Landscape$25kSign up
sold 2018 Lily"-Lamp$16kSign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 64 works
- Sold
- 60 of 64
- Median
- $898Sign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 5 in (13 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (59), Sculpture (3), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Large and Impressive Favrille Glass$2.8kSign up
sold 2020 Favrile Glass Candlestick Lamp$225Sign up
sold 2020 Favrile Floriform Vase$400Sign up
sold 2020 Signed Favrille Glass Vase Inset$175Sign up
sold 2021 decanter with pinched sides$625Sign up
sold 2021 candlestick lamp$1.3kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 candlestick lamp$1kSign up
sold 2021 drink set: decanter, #526 with six cordial glasses, #501$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 Favrile Handled Vase$840Sign up
sold 2021 Blue Favrile Vase$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Favrile Decorated Double Gourd Vase$6.3kSign up
sold 2021 Vase$1.4kSign up
…and 52 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Louis Comfort Tiffany auction results →