NEW! Fathers of the Church ornament

Materials: Brass and enamelDimensions: approx. 2 x 3 inchesIncludes: ornament, ribbon for hanging This item is available for purchase exclusively through the Morse Museum. Clicking the button above will take you to their website.  About the Morse Museum x The Neustadt: To celebrate the recent loan of our Fathers of the Church mosaic to the Morse Museum in Winter Park, Florida, we’re featuring some exclusive new items from the Morse Museum x The Neustadt. About the original artwork: Fathers of the Church is one of Tiffany's earliest and most significant mosaics, and the first to be produced by the newly formed women's glass-cutting department. Created for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, it was exhibited with the Tiffany chapel to showcase the firm's virtuosity in glass mosaics. The panel depicts a traditional religious subject—three early Church Fathers—in a bold new way. Its shimmering gold background is a nod to historical mosaic traditions in Europe. But by combin