This Tiffany Furnaces enamel "Milkweed" vase features a delicate frieze of pink milkweed blossoms set against an iridescent gold ground, their softly modeled petals contrasting with a band of broad, dark green leaves encircling the collar. The motif carries personal and ecological resonance: milkweed—a native North American plant once cultivated in Tiffany’s grandmother’s garden—was cherished for its beauty and its power to attract monarch butterflies. Essential to the monarch’s life cycle, milkweed serves as the only host on which the butterflies lay their eggs, and its leaves provide the sole nourishment for their caterpillars, symbolizing the interdependence of art and nature that lay at the heart of Tiffany’s creative vision.
