TIFFANY STUDIOS SPECIAL ORDER OPALESCENT AND COLUMNS IRIDESCENT ART GLASS VASE, blue iridescent with heavy opalescent qualities producing green tones, ten-rib form with golden iridescent thread/bead columns at the high-points of the ribs with heavy opalescent medallions separating each column, opalescent pattern appearing strongly around the base and extending upward toward the rim, signed to the polished pontil mark "o5907". Tiffany Studios. First quarter 20th century. 4" H, 4 3/4" D rim.
Literature: Decoration parallels Doros - The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, p. 201, fig. 152. MMFA (Ed.) Pepall - Tiffany Color and Light, p. 150, cat. 107.
Catalogue Note: According to Koch, the "o" in the signature represents a special order for a specific customer or request. This is likely a unique example.

Glass deaccessioned by the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Ex-collection of Hugh and Constance M. VanZelm.

Undamaged. The interior having a textured surface likely due to the chemical makeup of the vase, as made.