Raise Diamond
Object NameLuster Vase in "Raise Diamond" Pattern
Manufacturer
Pairpoint Manufacturing Co.
Made FromGlass, Metal
Date1920-1930
Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford
TechniqueBlown, cut
SizeOverall H: 27.4 cm, Diam (max): 17.7 cm
Accession Number2006.4.156
Credit LineGift of Barbara H. and J. William Meek III
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, cut, polished, assembled. Tall pear-shaped vase that flares into a folded over, scalloped rim with an applied single knop stem and a scalloped foot with a star cut in the bottom. Body of the vase is cut in a large diamond pattern, neck cut in a honeycomb pattern and 10 large pressed prisms that hang from folded over rim. Base is cut with sunburst underneath and has polished pontil mark.Provenance
Source
John William Meek III
- 2006-10-23
Source
Barbara H. Meek
- 2006-10-23
