Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
87.4.15
Dimensions: 
H: 26.6 cm; D (rim): 16.8 cm, (foot): 13.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1840-about 1855
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Seven-sided vase, flaring out at top rim into seven scallops; sides cut into flat facets; applied baluster stem cut into a six-sided shape; applied flat circular foot with cut and polished pontil covering most of base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Elsholz, William J., Former Collection
Stradlings, Source
1987-03-02
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut

Publications (3)

The Bulfinch illustrated encyclopedia of antiques (1994) illustrated, p. 107, no. 2; BIB# 26855
Recent Important Acquisitions, 30 (1988) illustrated, p. 108, #16; BIB# AI20606
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1987 (1988) p. 5; BIB# AI96382