vase

Object NameVase with 3 Holders

Maker Thomas Webb and Sons (f. 1837)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1900

Techniqueblown, pattern-molded, assembled, trailed, applied

SizeOverall H: 34.8 cm, L: 37 cm

Accession Number86.2.9

Credit LineGift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

England, Stourbridge

Physical DescriptionColorless, yellow, and milky opalescent lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, assembled. (a) Tall tubular shape, with molded ribs and projecting points, shading from colorless at the bottom to milky opalescent at the top; with an irregular, spiral-trailed band of transparent yellow applied from near the bottom, reaching nearly to the top of the tube; two applied yellow spiky branches on the sides; three opalescent white ribbed, spiky tubes applied at the bottom of the tube; on irregular, root-like applied yellow and opalescent projecting "feet"; large rough pontil mark underneath. (b-c) Loose yellow branches, with solid, rod ends, branching, and with applied and pincered points along the irregular form; each branch with two opalescent white tubular sockets, ribbed and with pincered points on the sides; the lower ends of the branches snapped cleanly, with no further polishing; these three branches fit loosely into the small cylindrical sockets on the base of (a).
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