celery dish

Object NameCelery Vase

Made FromLight Lead Glass

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueFree-blown, cut, applied

SizeOverall H: 20.5 cm; Rim Diam: 13 cm; Foot Diam: 10.25 cm

Accession Number50.4.266

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionCelery Vase. Light lead glass, colorless; free-blown and cut; deep body with straight sides spreading to slightly flaring rim, applied ball-knop stem, and flat circular foot with smooth base; cut decoration on bowl: at bottom, band of flat splits below band of plain Gothic arches between conventionalized palms on pedestals of five diamonds; band of facets (three rows) above and about 3/4" (1.9 cm) below notched rim.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1925-1950-07-31
Purchased about 1925.