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vase

Object NameVase

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1900

Place MadeBohemia

SizeH: 26.2 cm; D (rim): 8.8 cm, (max. body): 8.4 cm

Accession Number54.3.49 B

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent green glass; slight wear marks at base; free-blown, gilded, cased and cut. Ring base with ground pontil mark, slender pear-shaped body with neck and wide flaring rim; the decoration, cut through the opaque white overlay which is covered with golden tendril-ornaments, consists of a geometric overall pattern: scalloped base, panels, disks, trefoils, medallions and stars on body, around neck a band of crosses and disks between rings, rings and the rim are gilded.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01