Vase on Square Foot

Object Name: 
Vase on Square Foot

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Object Name: 
Vase on Square Foot
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
73.2.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.6 cm; Rim Diam: 8.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1790-1810
Primary Description: 
Colorless, lead glass; blown, pressed, cut. Tapered bowl with rounded base, sides cut with diamonds, ovals and flutes; reel-shape stem, larger at the base; domed, square foot, probably pressed, with cut and polished edges; polished pontil mark on underside of foot.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Loring, Mrs. William Cushing, Source
1973-06-08
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Pressed, Cut, Polished
pressing
cut glass

Publications (1)

The Bulfinch illustrated encyclopedia of antiques (1994) illustrated, p. 109, no. 1; BIB# 26855