celery dish

Object NameCelery Glass or Vase

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1820-1835

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh

TechniqueDip molded, free blown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 18.55 cm; Rim Diam: 13.25 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number50.4.254 A

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionCelery Glass or Vase. Lead glass, colorless; dip-molded, free-blown and engraved; tall cylindrical glass flaring at rim and rounding at bottom to applied circular foot, with rough pontil mark; twelve short round-top sunken panels around lower part of body and well below engraved circlet; alternating large daisy-like flower with small polished center and large scrolled fernlike leaf; at right of each flower and starting from lower end of leaf, conventionalized floral and leaf spray; at left of flower and depending from upper end of leaf, pinnate and floral swags with star between dots above center and three-petal long stemmed motif depending between sides.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
One purchased in Williamstown in 1925, the other in New York City in 1945.