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Lithyalin Vase

Lithyalin Vase

 
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Object Name: 
Lithyalin Vase
Department
European
Category
19th Century European
Place Made: 
Bohemia, Haida
Date: 
about 1830
Color
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green
Technique
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glassblowing
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cutting
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staining
Material
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glass
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stain
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.5 cm; Rim Diam: 7.3 cm; Base Diam: 10.16 cm
Accession Number: 
66.3.20
Location: 
On Display
Description
Marbled green, yellow-green, brown, and greyish-purple non-lead glasses; blown, cut, stained. Large ovoid shape; cut hollow panels running from the neck to the foot; greyish-purple glass inside, marbled green, yellow-green and brown surface on the exterior; polished, flat rim; slightly flared, tubular neck; ovoid body; flared, circular foot with rounded rim; polished, flat rim with polished concave pontil mark.
Provenance
Lipkowitz, Freda, Source to
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2005-05-19 through 2005-10-30
Create Jewelry Glass (2009) illustrated, p. 87; BIB# 108860
Glass, 5000 Years (1991) p. 191, #245; BIB# 33963

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