Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Place Made: 
United States, MA
Accession Number: 
59.4.94
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28 cm; Base Diam: 6.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1840-1860
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise S. Esterly
Primary Description: 
Vase. Light amethyst glass; pressed. Conical-shape top; plain rim; six oval loops around sides, attached by wafer to hollow hexagonal standard above hollow square foot.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
1959-09-01
Color: 
amethyst
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Tableware in Transition: Pressed Flint Glass (1988) p. 36 ff., ill.; BIB# AI20495
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 336, fifth from left; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 220, #848; BIB# 30457