vase

Object NameVase

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1900

Place MadeBohemia

Techniquefree-blown, cased, gilded, cut

SizeH: 13.8 cm; D (rim): 7.7 cm, (base): 6.6 cm

Accession Number54.3.91

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionTransparent light ruby opaque white and clear glasses; free- blown, cased, gilded and cut. Solid ring base of clear glass with ground pontil mark, body of ruby glass tapering upwards and flaring to wide mouth; the decoration, cut through the white overlay which is covered with golden floral ornaments, consists of disks on the base, medallions and panels with curved contours on the body; base, edges of the cutting and the rim are gilded.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954