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Object NameSicilian Vase
Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Company
Made FromGlass, Gilding
Date1878-1880
Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford
TechniqueBlown, gilded
SizeOverall H: 20.4 cm, Diam (max): 15.6 cm
Accession Number76.4.17
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Interpretive Notes
Sicilian glass was the first Art Glass made by Mt. Washington. The company advertised it as containing lava from Sicily. Today, collectors call it Lava glass, but the correct name is Sicilian glass.
Physical DescriptionOpaque black glass; blown and gilded. Urn-shape with everted rim; irregular fragments of colored glass are randomly imbedded in surface, random lines of gilt decoration all over surface; circular flat base; polished pontil mark.
Provenance
Source Jerome M. Eisenberg - 1976-05-25

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