Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Taglio or sculpting paddle
Object Number:
2001.288
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 4 in. ( 32.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Sculpting paddle with turned wooden handle and square metal paddle, used for making blown glass vessels.
Gallery Label:
This paddle is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Bibliography:
Gray, Nina. "The work of Tiffany Studios." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 194-201.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
