Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Baccarat, Maker
Attributed to
Place Made: 
France, Baccarat
Accession Number: 
55.3.144 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless, polychrome lead glass; blown, cut, millefiori, engraved. Tall, tapered form, with flared neck rim, waisted neck, rounded shoulders, and tapering sides, to a rounded base; four engraved lines encircle the neck near the rim; the sides decorated with inset spaced millefiori canes, cut circular facets linked with engraved scrolled foliate sprigs, and cut stars; capstan stem above a disk foot with inset spaced millefiori canes; cut elaborate star on the underside.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1955
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1955

Exhibitions (1)

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22

Objects in Set (2)

2 Vases
Artist:Baccarat
Date:1845-1855
Accession Number:55.3.144
Vase
Artist:Baccarat
Date:1845-1855
Accession Number:55.3.144 B