Carafe with Stopper

Object Name: 
Carafe with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Carafe with Stopper
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
2003.3.31 C
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20 cm, Diam (max): 9.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1878
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, assembled, enameled. Footed carafe with conical body and long narrow neck, applied handle. Stopper topped with a flat three-point crown shape. Decorated overall with gilded flowers highlighted in turquoise-blue and dark blue enamel.
Department: 
Series: 
Arabian
Provenance: 
Glassgallery Michael Kovacek, Source
2003
Color: 
Inscription: 
1.
Mark
Gilded On bottom of base Number "1." directly above waffle pattern (JLM)
JLM
Mark
Gilded In center on bottom of a) carafe Waffle pattern that is a stylized JLM in gilding.
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
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2003 (2004) illustrated, p. 10; BIB# AI93746
42 Kunstauktion: Asiatika und Antiquitaten (2002) illustrated, #382; BIB# 75805