vase
Object NameVase with Paperweight Base
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1847
Place MadeBohemia
TechniqueBlown, Overlay, Cut, Fused Mosaic Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Polished, Filigree
SizeOverall H: 40 cm; Diam: 11.4 cm; Body Diam: 10.6 cm
Accession Number79.3.29
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, blown, overlay, cut, millefiori, filigree. Tall, ovoid vase with waisted neck and flared rim; white overlay on colorless, with cut elaborate panels on the neck, cut rounded panels on the sides alternating with rounded panels of cross-cut diamonds; cut horizontal grooves at the bottom of the vase; six-sided, panel- cut paperweight base, enclosing a dome of "muslin" composed of scrambled short lengths of white filigree, with colorful millefiori canes on top; polished flat rim and concave center.Provenance
Source
Spink & Sons, Ltd.
- 1979-04-11
