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vase

Object NameVase

Manufacturer Imperial Glassworks (Russia, 1777-1917)

Made FromGlass, Bronze, Gilding

Dateabout 1829

Place MadeRussia, Saint Petersburg

Techniqueblown, overlaid, tooled, applied, cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 56 cm, W (metal handle mounts): 26.5, Diam (max): 21 cm

Accession Number96.3.22

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Glass of the Maharajahs: European Cut Glass Furnishings for Indian Royalty

Russian Glass of the 17th-20th Centuries

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This monumental cut glass vase may have been exhibited in 1829 at the First Industrial Exhibition in St. Petersburg, which presented the works of Russian manufactories. It was praised at the time “for its noble form, its color, and the high quality of its ormolu mounts.” A second vase of this type is in the State History Museum in Moscow.

Physical DescriptionGold-ruby, colorless glasses, bronze, gilding; blown, overlaid, tooled, applied, cut, polished, cast, gilded, adhered, assembled. The vase has a narrow flaring neck with ormolu mounted rim, followed by a band of horizontal rings, a diamond pattern around the shoulder, and a band of diamond-cut zigzags. The lower part of the vessel is decorated with deep vertical fluting. The two glass scroll handles with cut floral decorations in the center of the volutes are attached to the body by ormolu fixtures in the shape of neoclassical masks. It has a flaring ormolu foot which is mounted on a cut glass plinth on an ormolu base with disk-shaped feet.
Provenance

Source Daniels Antiques - 1996-09-05