Sicilian Vase

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Object Name: 
Sicilian Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
2008.4.13
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.8 cm, Diam (max): 9.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1878-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barbara Olsen in memory of Fellow, John K. Olsen
Web Description: 
Sicilian glass was the first Art Glass made by Mt. Washington. The company advertised it as containing lava from Sicily. Today, collectors call it Lava glass, but the correct name is Sicilian glass.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Olsen, Barbara H. (Mrs. John K.) (1923-2016), Source
2008-04-08
Color: 
black
multicolored
Technique: 
glassblowing
marvering
gilding
hot-working
grinding
Material: 
glass
gold
Inscription: 
A-G #174
Label
: 
Sticker On bottom

Description

Primary Description: 
Black opaque glass with multicolored inset chips; Blown, marvered, tooled, gilded, ground. Vase has narrow foot, widens to sharp shoulder, narrows to neck, and flares at rim. Vase has irregular colored bits throughout (red, green, blue, purple) with gold.

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