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vase

Object NameJar or Vase
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1920-1930
Place MadeUnited States, probably PA, Philadelphia
TechniqueBlown-molded
SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm; Rim Diam: 7.75 cm; Base Diam: 6 cm
Accession Number50.4.183
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionJar or Vase. Lead glass, sapphire-blue; blown-molded; straight sides spreading to short shoulder and contracted below wide mouth with flaring plain rim; geometric pattern, GIII-6: band of vertical ribbing, one of alternate sunburst motif 1 and blocks of diamond diapering, narrow band of diagonal ribbing to right, one of vertical ribbing, single horizontal between bands; on base, band of rays around large plain center; pontil mark.
Provenance
Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
bowl
about 1816-1835
decanter
Keene-Marlboro-St. Glassworks
about 1820-1835
GIII-5
Gillinder and Sons
1925-1929
GIII-6
Gillinder and Sons
1925-1929
decanter
about 1820-1835
decanter
Keene-Marlboro-St. Glassworks
about 1820-1835