Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
68.4.465
Dimensions: 
H: 23.6 cm, D(base): 8.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1840-1860
Primary Description: 
Bluish-green glass; pressed and tooled. Cone-shape top; fluted top rim; six side panels, each with a heart design; joined by a wafer to a hexagonal baluster stem; hexagonal base, ground at corners.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
McMullen, Frank, Former Collection
Color: 
bluish green
Technique: 
pressing
tooling
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 336, second from left; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 231, #907; BIB# 30457
Woman's day dictionary of Sandwich glass (1963) illustrated, p. 27 (row 3 far right); BIB# 98017