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Object NamePair of Vases

Maker Gebrüder Thonet

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1885-1895

Techniqueblown, engraved, enameled, pierced metal mounts

Size(A) H: 16.5 cm, D: 8.7 cm; (B) H: 16.4 cm, D: 8.7 cm

Accession Number84.3.23

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

Austria

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved, enameled, pierced metal mounts. Globular bodies with tapered, conical, straight-sided necks; the necks and shoulders decorated with a pierced metal collar in formal scrollwork, with a band of linked ovals below the rims, partly decorated with transparent blue and opaque orange enamels, the necks with stylized florets and scrollwork highlighted in blue and orange enamels; a band of formal scroll lappets at the shoulders, highlighted with orange enamel; the bulbous bodies of the vase with polished engraved decorations of lizards, seahorses, sea anemones, coral, and a medusa (?), the decoration on each vase the mirror image of the other; rounded foot rims, with gilded pierced metal mounts in a formal pattern of linked and opposing arcs, highlighted with blue and orange enamels; polished pontil marks; inscribed "GF." in light blue enamel inside the necks, below the rims.
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