vase

Object NameVase with Floral Decoration

Maker d'Argental

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1955

Place MadeFrance

TechniqueBlown, layered, acid-etched, and cut

SizeOverall H: 29.8 cm; Rim Diam: 5.7 cm; Base Diam: 8.2 cm

Accession Number56.3.39

Credit LineGift of Miss Astrid Varnay

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Early Modern
Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The vase is signed "D’Argental," the French name for the town of Münzthal, which is located in Alsace-Lorraine.

Physical DescriptionTranslucent honey-colored glass; blown, layered, acid-etched, and cut. Barrel-shaped body with short wide cylindrical neck and flat base with ground unpolished pontil mark; flowers and leaves in amethyst on acid-etched honey-colored background; on lower part of body: "d'Argental".
Provenance

Source Astrid Varnay

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