Burmese Vase with Poem

Object Name: 
Burmese Vase with Poem

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Object Name: 
Burmese Vase with Poem
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
2007.4.24
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.7 cm, Diam (max): 8.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1885-1895
Web Description: 
The vase is inscribed: “The cowslip is a country lass, The violet is a nun / But I will woo the dainty rose, The Queen of Every One.” These lines are from “Flowers,” a poem by the British writer Thomas Hood (1799–1845).

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Brunk Auction, Source
Category: 
Art Glass
Color: 
peach
yellow
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
enameling
Material: 
glass
enamel
gold
Inscription: 
The cowslip is a country a country lass, / The violet is a nun, - / But I will woo the dainty rose, / The queen of every one. / Thomas Hood
inscription
: 
Enameled On face of vase. Enameled poem in caligraphy with black enamel.

Description

Primary Description: 
Opaque peach shading to yellow glass; blown, tooled, applied, enameled. Teardrop shaped vase with rounded body that narrows to cylindrical neck. The vase is decorated with enameled garland and rose with poem in the center. "The cowslip is a country a country lass, / The violet is a nun, - / But I will woo the dainty rose, / The queen of every one. / Thomas Hood" Acid-etched "satin" finish, polished pontil mark.

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