The Metropolitan Museum of Art Harney & Sons Favrile Luster Milky Oolong Tea | Tableware

The Met Has Partnered With Harney & Sons On This Unique, Art-Inspired Tin Containing Loose-Leaf Oolong Tea And Displaying A Detail From A Favrile Glass Vase (Ca. 1900) By Louis C. Tiffany (American, 1848–1933).

This Smooth-As-Silk Blend Nods To Lustrous, Peacock Feather-Inspired Treasure In The Museum’S Holdings. In The Early 1890S, The Designer Developed A Method Of Blending Colors In Glass While It Was In A Molten State. He Called The Results “Favrile,” And Was Duly Celebrated For His Extraordinary Innovation.