Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Austria
Accession Number: 
89.3.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18 cm, W: 11.9 cm, D: 14.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1930
Primary Description: 
Vase. Pale golden cast, lead glass; probably blown into a mold, cut, polished. Heavy asymmetrical vase, roughly three-sided, heavy walls tapering into thickened base; slightly flared, undulating lip is cut and polished; overall broad cutting giving vase organic form reminiscent of jade or rock crystal, overall polishing; base ground and polished flat.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Lillian Nassau LLC, Source
1989-01-09
Color: 
gold
Technique: 
mold-blowing
cutting
polishing
grinding
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (3)

Modern Austrian Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019) illustrated, pp. 86-87;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1989 (1990) p. 5; BIB# AI96380
Vitri incisi a venezia (1932-08) p. 478;