vase
Object Name2 Vases
Manufacturer
Imperial Glassworks
(Russia, 1777-1917)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1911
Place MadeRussia, Saint Petersburg
TechniqueBlown, engraved
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number2017.3.4
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Interpretive NotesThe flower etched on this pair of vases is a night-blooming crenate orchid cactus, Epiphyllum crenatum. Although it is of Mexican origin, specimens were cultivated in the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden from the 1820s. Nature was a common theme in Art Nouveau objects. The Imperial Porcelain and Glass Factory in Saint Petersburg, Russia had adopted the Art Nouveau style by the 1890s.
Provenance
Source
Jill Fenichell, Incorporated
- 2017-02-24
From Jill Fenichell: "In the home of a couple who have lived in Westchester since the 1980s, they bought them at the Hartford Antiques Show (Hartford, CT) from a dealer now deceased, his name was Adam Levine. Purchase was roughly 1978-1984. I cannot conjecture on the vase whereabouts after the Revolution, except to say that many Russians who escaped went to Paris, then to N.Y." Jill Fenichell has provided a certificate from the Art Loss Register.
From Jill Fenichell: "In the home of a couple who have lived in Westchester since the 1980s, they bought them at the Hartford Antiques Show (Hartford, CT) from a dealer now deceased, his name was Adam Levine. Purchase was roughly 1978-1984. I cannot conjecture on the vase whereabouts after the Revolution, except to say that many Russians who escaped went to Paris, then to N.Y." Jill Fenichell has provided a certificate from the Art Loss Register.
Former Collection
Adam Levine
From Jill Fenichell: "In the home of a couple who have lived in Westchester since the 1980s, they bought them at the Hartford Antiques Show (Hartford, CT) from a dealer now deceased, his name was Adam Levine. Purchase was roughly 1978-1984. I cannot conjecture on the vase whereabouts after the Revolution, except to say that many Russians who escaped went to Paris, then to N.Y." Jill Fenichell has provided a certificate from the Art Loss Register.
From Jill Fenichell: "In the home of a couple who have lived in Westchester since the 1980s, they bought them at the Hartford Antiques Show (Hartford, CT) from a dealer now deceased, his name was Adam Levine. Purchase was roughly 1978-1984. I cannot conjecture on the vase whereabouts after the Revolution, except to say that many Russians who escaped went to Paris, then to N.Y." Jill Fenichell has provided a certificate from the Art Loss Register.
