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Object NameDouble Glass Bouquet Vase

Manufacturer Bakewell, Pears & Co. (1844-1880)

Made FromGlass

Date1874-1880

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh

Techniquepressed

SizeOverall H: 11.7 cm, Diam (rim): 5.4 cm

Accession Number79.4.316

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This patent covers the process of combining the colorless and opaque white layers. Very few examples exist today. It probably was not a commercial success.

Physical DescriptionOpalescent/colorless glass; pressed. Cylindrical shape with upper two-thirds colorless glass and lower one-third opaque white; white section forms petals which come up sides of colorless section; below base of bowl glass is constricted to form stem which ends in a flat circular foot.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)