vase

Object NameVase

Maker Harrach Glasshouse (f. 1712)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1835-1845

Size(A) H: 14.6 cm, D: 11.6 cm; (B) H: 14.9 cm, D: 11.6 cm

Accession Number79.3.8 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass 1820-1935

Place Made

Bohemia, Novy Svet (Neuwelt)

Physical DescriptionVase. Transparent dark ruby non-lead glass; blown, cut. (A,B) Ovoid form; cup-shaped rim with petal-cut edge; cut band of large diamonds and horizontal groove below; waisted neck with cut rounded panels, with two grooves at the center; cut angular rings at the shoulder; the bulbous sides with large cut oval bosses, each with a cut star; fine cross-hatching in the triangular spaces above, cross-cut and finely cross-hatched panels below, with small triangles of cut diamonds; cut grooves and panel-cut base on the body; panel-cut stem; cut band of nailhead diamonds on the domed foot.
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