Burmese Vase with Lacelike Decoration

Object Name: 
Burmese Vase with Lacelike Decoration

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Object Name: 
Burmese Vase with Lacelike Decoration
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
2002.4.38
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.3 cm, W: 16.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1885-1895
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barbara Olsen in memory of Fellow, John K. Olsen
Primary Description: 
Opaque yellow shading to pink glass; blown, tooled, enameled, gilded. Vase with bulbous lower body that narrows gradually to neck and flares very slightly at rim. Decorated in diagonal bands of white flowers, gold painted designs and grey stipple designs.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Olsen, Barbara H. (1923-2016), Former Collection
1980
to
2002
Olsen, John K., Former Collection
1980
to
2002
Category: 
Art Glass
Color: 
Opaque yellow shading to pink glass
Technique: 
Blown, applied, enameled, acid-etched.
enameling
Inscription: 
"Burmese/#23"
Label
: 
On bottom of base Rectangular white sticker with typed text

Exhibitions (1)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-05-19 through 2011-12-31
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (3)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint Glass (2011-09) illustrated, p. 9 (top left); BIB# AI103502
Gift of Art Glass (2004) illustrated, p. 215; BIB# AI61119
Notes: Gift of Art Glass Presented to Corning Museum (2003) illustrated, p. 190, fig. 1;