vase
Object NameVase
Made FromGlass
Datepossibly 1800-1899
Place Madeprobably Italy
Techniquefree-blown, applied and tooled decoration
SizeH: 18.5 cm; D (rim): 8.5 cm, (base): 6 cm
Accession Number54.3.254
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent opalescent glass (bluish-white in reflected, light amber in transmitted light) with minute and small bubbles; free- blown, with applied and tooled decoration. Spherical body with applied spreading ring base of clear glass enclosing an airtrap and having a very rough pontil m;ark, high funnel neck with plain rim; four "basket"-handles of clear glass and with pinched combs join the vase at shoulder and neck, on shoulder raspberry prunts of clear glass, pink chain guilloche around bottom, two thin pink spiral threads around upper part of body and neck.Provenance
Source
V. F. Conner
1700-1800
about 1840-1860
1600-1699
800-899
