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Maker Crown Flint Glass Co.

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1870-1890

Techniquelampworked; overlay rods

Accession Number71.4.141

Credit LineGift of Mr. Harold M. Lyon

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionWhite, green, pink, red non-lead glasses; lampworked; overlay rods. (a) Slender, cylindrical rod, pale pink overlay on milky white; the ends broken. (b) Slender, cylindrical rod of opaque white; the ends broken. (c) Slender, tapering rod of opaque white; one end pincered flat; both ends broken. (d) Slender, tapering rods of transparent dark red; both ends broken. (e,f) Slender, straight shapes, swelling at the center, of opaque light green; both ends broken. (g,h) Same shape as (e,f), but of pink overlay on pale pink. (l,m) Same shape as (e,f), but of transparent dark red. (n) Same shape as (e,f), but of dark purple overlay on dark pink. (o,p) Short slices of a rod of green overlay on watery white; both faces broken. (q) A fragment of a rod with green and red spiral-striped white overlay on colorless.
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