2-part Epergne

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Object Name: 
2-part Epergne
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.37
Dimensions: 
(a&b) H: 48 cm; (a) H: 27.5 cm, D: 20.1 cm; (b) H: 27.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1877-1890
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. (a) Separate bowl has socket in center of circular bowl with scalloped rim. Vine pattern covers bowl and includes letters "DAVIS" in foliage; bowl is applied to section showing child kneeling on eight-sided plinth. (b) Trumpet shaped top portion has scalloped top rim, design of meandering vines on side and roughened areas at base where it fits into bowl socket.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Tree of Life
Provenance: 
Sand, Duane, Source
1983-12-08
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing