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Object NameVase
Maker Daum Freres (French)
Made FromGlass
Date1890-1910
Place MadeFrance, Nancy
Techniquefree-blown, cased, acid-etched
SizeOverall H: 17.5 cm, Diam (max): 14 cm
Accession Number54.3.29
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewModern Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent green, light brownish-yellow and blue bubbly glass; free-blown, cased and acid-etched. Short slightly conical foot with ground base, curving gently to pear-shaped body with short flaring rim and wide mouth; blue glass encased in yellow and in green glass: acid-etched decoration consisting of fish and seaweed in relief against a lighter background, the foot and the top being dark green; on the base the engraved signature: "Daum - Nancy".


Provenance
Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01
miniature
about 1962-1968
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99 BCE-99 CE
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