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Object NameCovered Urn
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1730-1760
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown, pattern molded, applied
SizeOverall H: 32.3 cm
Accession Number79.2.114
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. (a) Waisted, bell-shaped cup, pattern-molded all over in a series of diamonds (30 diamonds in a horizontal row), with two applied ribbed loop handles, the lower terminals crimped; button knop; domed and folded foot, patterned with diamond molding (16 diamonds in a horizontal row); rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot. (b) Domed cover, all-over diamond molded (16 diamonds in a horizontal row); applied ball-shaped finial, containing several air beads, on a short stem, spreading at the base; attached with two mereses; folded ledge with tapered rim; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979-03-22
