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Glass and gold foil; star canes with opaque yellow centers, opaque white rays imbedded in a deep blue matrix, irregular chips of opaque white and colorless glass sandwiching gold foil, some pitting, possibly some recent surface grinding; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, later tooled and lathe-polished. (a) Inverted Pyriform body slopes in a slightly convex profile toward point which has been tooled and extended to form a short truncated conical foot, shoulder has been ground and beveled to receive the upper section; two holes just below top are opposite each other and correspond to holes in the shoulder; the body retains chips of white glass as well as gold glass chips whereas the top contains only gold glass chips. The neck and base have been tooled and twisted after the form was cast, the rods and chips are in a swirling pattern; chips of gold glass can be seen in this pattern while canes in the foot remain undisturbed. (b) Rim rounded by tooling and reheating flared out slightly from long cylindrical neck, wall spreads out to gently sloping shoulder, lip is beveled with concave profile to fit into body; shoulder preserves two holes, opposite each other, two more holes below rim on neck.
Exhibitions (3)

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01
The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.
The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
Publications (22)
Gold-Band Glass: From Hellenistic to Roman Luxury Glass Production (2019)
illustrated, p. 15 (fig. 3);
Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world (2016)
illustrated, p. 258;
BIB# 144264
55th Winter Antiques Show, A Benefit for East Side House Settlement (2009)
illustrated, p. 141;
BIB# 29139
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 16;
BIB# 68214
Cento frammenti di antichi vetri adriesi custoditi nel Rijka Museum van Oudheden di Leida (Olanda) (1998)
illustrated, pp. 52-53; E;
BIB# 59641
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass (1995)
illustrated, pp. 13-14; p. 13, Fig. 13;
BIB# 26765
L'Histoire du Verre: A Travers Les Tresors du Musee de Corning (1990)
illustrated, pp. 58-59;
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979)
illustrated, pp. 176-177, #461, pls. 21, 40 (a, b);
BIB# 29547
Visual Art in Glass (1968)
p. 17, fig. 4;