celery dish
Object Name2 Celery Glasses or Vases
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1820-1835
Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh
TechniqueDip-molded, free-blown, engraved
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number50.4.254
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description2 Celery Glasses or Vases. Lead glass, colorless; dip-molded, free-blown and engraved; tall cylindrical glass flaring at rim and rounding at bottom to applied circular foot, with rough pontil mark; twelve short round-top sunken panels around lower part of body and well below engraved circlet; alternating large daisy-like flower with small polished center and large scrolled fernlike leaf; at right of each flower and starting from lower end of leaf, conventionalized floral and leaf spray; at left of flower and depending from upper end of leaf, pinnate and floral swags with star between dots above center and three-petal long stemmed motif depending between sides.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1945-1950-07-31
One purchased in Williamstown in 1925, the other in New York City in 1945.
One purchased in Williamstown in 1925, the other in New York City in 1945.
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