Design for Baptismal Font, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri

Louis C. Tiffany American

Designer Unidentified

Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company American

ca. 1900

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692

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Title: Design for Baptismal Font, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri
Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
Designer: Unidentified designer
Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)
Date: ca. 1900
Geography: Made in New York, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions: 16 7/8 × 12 1/4 in. (42.9 × 31.1 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.654.277
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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