Celery Vase in "Pierce" Pattern

Object Name: 
Celery Vase in "Pierce" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Celery Vase in "Pierce" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, New York City (retailed)
Accession Number: 
79.4.6
Dimensions: 
H: 25.8 cm, D (rim): 12.3 cm, W (foot): 11.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1853-1860
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. Cylindrical bowl with flared rim cut into scallops; cut flute around top and bottom; engraved vintage design around middle of bowl; Presidential arms engraved on obverse; stem with air trap cut into six flutes; cut star underneath hexagonal base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Pierce
Provenance: 
Lyons, Louis, Source
1979-02-01
Category: 
Presidential Glassware
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass

Exhibitions (1)

Masterpieces of American Glass
Venue(s)
Museum of Applied Arts 1990-07-27 through 1990-09-02
State Hermitage Museum 1990-09-15 through 1990-10-21
Museum of the State Institute of Glass 1990-11-02 through 1991-01-04

Publications (3)

Masterpieces of American Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 17, 92, pl. 19; BIB# 33046
Shedevry amerikanskogo stekla: iz kollektsij Muzeia Stekla v Korninge i Muzeia Iskusstva v Tolido (1990) illustrated, pp. 46-47, #18; BIB# 34475
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1979 (1980) p. 6; BIB# AI97143