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Vase

Plate
Engraved Inkwell
Print
 
Object Name: 
Vase in "Rockwood" Pattern
Title: 
Vase
Department
American
Category
Crystal City
Place Made: 
United States, Corning, NY
Date: 
1910-1918
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
glassblowing
AAT
tooling
AAT
cutting
AAT
engraving
Material
AAT
lead glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 50.2 cm; Foot Diam: 18 cm
Accession Number: 
2003.4.16
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless glass; blown, applied, cut. Large, heavily cut, footed vase with scalloped rim. Cut from neck to shoulder with horizontal cuts, after shoulder a pattern of fans, pinwheels, and diamonds, vase narrows to a wide, cut foot.
Label Text
This large vase is identified in Hoare's scrapbooks, now in the Rakow Research Library. At 20" tall, it was undoubtedly a special order and may be unique. A piece of this size was difficult to blow and even more difficult to cut as it was very awkward for the workman to support its weight while it was being cut by the wheel. The "Rookwood" pattern first appeared in a catalog in 1910 and was made for only a few years as far as one can tell. This is the largest cut glass vase in our collection.
Inscription
1 Marker On inside edge of rim Small white circular label with black marker text.
J. HOARE & CO. CORNING 1853 Acid-etched On top of foot near edge. Circular mark with "J. HOARE & CO."and "CORNING" in the outside of the circle and "1853" in the center.
Provenance
Glennon, Clarke, Former Collection to
Stradlings (specializing in Americana, ceramics and glass Antiquarians), Former Collection to 2003-03-15
Glennon, Mrs. Clarke, Former Collection to
Recent Important Acquisitions, 46 (2004) illustrated, p. 223, #25;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2003 (2004) illustrated, p.12;

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