vase
Object NameCovered Vase or Bottle
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1700-1799
Place MadeFrance
TechniqueFree-blown, enameled
Size(a&b) H: 22.8 cm; (a) H: 16.8 cm; D (max. body): 8.4 cm, (foot): 8.8 cm
Accession Number56.3.26
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent and transparent white opalescent glass; free-blown and enameled. (a) Conical folded foot with pontil mark applied to short stem supporting the spherical body that tapers to cylindrical neck with flaring rim; (b) large ball stopper with long cylindrical "neck" fitting in the neck of the vase; multicolored enameled decoration: a frieze around body with a lion (yellow) and an "acanthus" wreath, accompanied at top and bottom by rings and wavy lines (red, green, blue), a leaf wreath around neck, two large leaf and flower sprays on stopper.Provenance
Source
Edouard Tabbagh
