vase

Object NameVase with Flowers

Manufacturer Pairpoint Manufacturing Co.

Made FromGlass, Enamel

Date1924-1930

Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford

TechniqueBlown, applied enamel

SizeOverall H: 16.1 cm, W: 12.2 cm, D: 10.2 cm

Accession Number2006.4.275

Credit LineGift of Gerald Eggert

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Tavern Glass was a sought-after collectible that was much less expensive to make than either the colored specialties or the cut and engraved pieces. It was probably inspired by imported 19th-century German beer tumblers, and it appealed to people who were interested in America’s history. Tavern Glass was first produced as tumblers (tumblers were used in taverns for drinking beer, hence the name of the glass). When the line became popular, it was expanded to include other shapes, such as vases, plates, candlesticks, and centerpiece bowls. The decoration is enameled or engraved.

Physical DescriptionVase with Flowerst. Colorless, bubbly glass; blown, applied enamel. Slightly flattened, round bodied vase that narrows significantly at neck and flares to a small rim with a black enameled border. Decorated near the top and bottom with additional black borders and at mid-body with a bouquet of flowers in a blue vase.
Provenance

Source Gerald M. Eggert - 2006-12-21