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Material Name: Favrile glass
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[Stourbridge Glass Company, Long Island, NY] A brand name for a type of colored and iridescent glass first made by Louis Tiffany in 1893 for making leaded windowpanes, lamp shades, vases, bowls, and jewelry. The glasses were made by different formulations to produce either a metallic luster of a bright iridescence.

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lustred glass

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