celery dish
Object NameCelery Vase
Made FromLead Glass
Date1800-1825
Place MadeUnited States, possibly PA, Pittsburgh
TechniqueFree-blown, engraved, molded ribs on bowl
SizeOverall H: 20.75 cm; Rim Diam: 12.75 cm; Foot Diam: 10.75 cm
Accession Number50.4.255
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Museum Under Water
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionCelery Vase. Lead glass, colorless; free-blown, engraved and with molded ribs on bowl; deep bowl with straight sides tapering a little to slightly flaring rim and rounding at bottom to short double-ball knopped stem and flat circular foot with rough pontil mark; lower part of bowl with gadroon-ribbed cup casing; upper part with engraved decoration: at top, pinnate circlet (alternate opposing two pairs of hairlike and single ovate leaflet); between circlet and gadrooning, three elaborate swags having polished ovals, oval drops along lower edge, fringe along upper edge in V-formation from point of which conventionalized flower with long stem and two pairs of leaves rise nearly to circlet; at meeting of ends of swags, bow-knot and depending flower like that in V's.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1930-1950-07-31
1770-1780
1740-1760
1720-1740
about 1800
1600-1699
Comparable Item/Comparable Item
