Louis Comfort Tiffany was a true master of glass turning beautiful pieces of the colored material into everything from tiles to stained glass panels to lamps. It does not seem to matter how he had to work in the material he could turn it into an artistic masterpiece.

While preparing the chapel for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Tiffany felt the addition of blown glass would be just the right touch. He took the experience he already had with other forms of glass such as tile and art glass windows and partnered up with Arthur J. Nash to begin glass blowing.

For the collaboration Tiffany was the designer, Nash the plant manager, and there were many artisans who carried out the work under the supervision of the duo. None of the early works in blown glass seem to have survived to modern times. The earliest reliably documented piece is a green marbleized rose bowl which was purchased on June 2, 1894.

Once the Tiffany Studio has the process down they were producing 30,000 blown glass items a year at their peak. Pieces ranged from tableware to vases and bowls. The sheer abundance produced makes collecting these glass items difficult since it can be hard to tell if you are truly getting a piece from the Tiffany Studio.