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Vase with Metal Mount

Vase with Metal Mount

 
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Object Name: 
Vase with Metal Mount
Department
European
Maker(s)
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat, Factory
Place Made: 
France, Paris
Date: 
about 1890
Color
Smoky transparent
Technique
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gilding
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assembling
blown
Material
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glass
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bronze
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gilding
Dimensions: 
Overall (including mount) H: 13.6 cm, W: 9.2 cm, D: 8.1 cm
Accession Number: 
2010.3.17
Location: 
On Display
Description
Smoky transparent glass, bronze (?), gilding; blown, gilded, assembled. Straight-sided oval vase of smoky transparent glass with "japonisme"-style gilded decoration consisting of four tall bamboo shoots, one grouping of tigerlilies, and two birds in flight; band of gilded hatched decoration at top and bottom of vase; rim gilded. Vase securely mounted on gilded-bronze(?) metal stand with four feet decorated with flowers.
Inscription
5551/4 / 188A base gummed rectangular paper label
Provenance
Kunst-und Auktionhaus Dr. Jurgen Fischer, Source to 2010-04-01

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Exhibitions

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge Show

Publications

Vases made by Verreries at Cristalleries de Baccarat (2011-02) illustrated, p. 33;
Europaisches Glas und Studioglas (2010-03-20) illustrated, p. 117, #332;

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