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Object NameVase with Oak Leaves and Dragonfly Enameled Decoration

Designer/Maker Karlsbader Glasindustrie-Gesellschaft, Ludwig Moser

Manufacturer(glass) probably Gräflich Harrach’sche Glasfabrik

Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding

Dateabout 1878-1885

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Karlovy Vary (designed and manufactured); probably Czechoslovakia, Nový Svět (glass)

TechniqueBlown, applied, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 17.4 cm, W: 6.8 cm, D: 6 cm

Accession Number2024.3.15

Credit LineGift of Shira and George Karpati & Diane and Bernard Tannor

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionVase with Oak Leaves and Dragonfly Enameled Decoration. Cobalt blue (possibly Aquamarin) glass, green, red, yellow, and blue enamel, gilding; blown, applied, enameled, gilded. Vase with flattened globular body, long cylindrical neck, and wider stepped funnel rim. Vase sits atop knopped stem and stepped dome foot; two gilded angular handles attached to neck and top of body. Body and neck of vase decorated with enameled blue, red, green, and yellow leaf sprays of varying hues set atop a matrix of enameled branches with four molded and gilded acorns applied to body; one side of body features central enameled dragonfly. Top of foot decorated with band of enameled branches. Gilded bands applied to rim, knop, and around edge of foot.
Provenance

Source Adam Karpati - after 1994-2024

Source Joshua Karpati - after 1994-2024