Trumpet Vase, Burmese

Object Name: 
Trumpet Vase, Burmese

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Object Name: 
Trumpet Vase, Burmese
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
79.4.90
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 43.7 cm, Diam: 14.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1885-1895
Credit Line: 
Gift in part of William E. Hammond
Primary Description: 
Opaque yellow, pink glass; blown. Trumpet shape; applied yellow foot shading to pink at three petaled top rim; enameled ferns on side; satin finish; roughly ground pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Hammond, William E., Source
1979-03-27
Category: 
Early American
Art Glass
Color: 
Opaque yellow, pink
Technique: 
blown, applied, enameled, ground
enameling

Exhibitions (3)

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
American Glassmaking: The First Russian Tour
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1990-01-30 through 1990-02-24
 
Burmese Glass: 1885-1985
Venue(s)
New Bedford Whaling Museum 1985-08-17 through 1985-12-29

Publications (5)

Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia (1998) illustrated, p. 285; BIB# 57739
Masterpieces of American Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 48, 94, pl. 78; BIB# 33046
Shedevry amerikanskogo stekla: iz kollektsij Muzeia Stekla v Korninge i Muzeia Iskusstva v Tolido (1990) illustrated, pp. 76, 78, #72; BIB# 34475
The Queen's Choice: Burmese, 1885-1985 (1985) #26; BIB# 33708
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 333; BIB# 22048