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Minerva Mars

Object NameCovered Jar

Maker Adams & Company

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1880-1890

TechniquePressed

SizeOverall H: 16.5 cm; Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number98.4.19

Credit LineGift of Ernestine E. King

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States, PA, Pittsburgh

Physical DescriptionCovered Jar, "Minerva Mars" pattern. Colorless non-lead glass; pressed; cylindrical jar with flat top rim, 3 vertical mold seams from rim to base, horizontal row of scallops just below rim and near base, three circular cartouches evenly spaced around body, one enclosing a running warrior with a helmet and shield, two with female figures in drapery; grapevine on a stippled background connects cartouches; 6 pointed star on base. Lid has matching pattern with 3 cartouches, but they are blank, and solid spherical knob.
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