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Object Name:

Celery Vase with Engraved Decoration

Maker(s):

Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, Factory

Place Made:

United States, PA, Pittsburgh

Accession Number:

50.4.186

Dimensions:

Overall H: 23.5 cm; Rim Diam: 13.25 cm; Foot Diam: 9.5 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1815-1840

Primary Description:

Celery Vase with Engraved Decoration. Lead glass, colorless; blown-molded for decorative bands, free-blown, tooled and engraved, long slender cylindrical bowl flaring at rim, applied short blade-knopped stem and flat circular foot with rough pontil mark; on bowl at bottom, baroque pattern GV-21--tapering ribs swirled to left on bottom and, on sides, similar ribs to right, single horizontal scroll band--, below engraved circlet of large leaf sprays and four daisy-like flowers with polished center; (tooled) incised horizontal lines giving ribbed effect to rim.