5 Marbles

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Object Name: 
5 Marbles
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
83.4.198
Dimensions: 
D (A): 1.6 cm, (B): 1.7 cm, (C): 1.5 cm, (D): 1.9 cm, (E): 1.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1915-1930
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marble Collectors Society of America
Primary Description: 
Polychrome non-lead glass; machine-made. Spherical; (A) white and orange, to look like agate or carnelian; (B) marbled blue, red-brown, tan, and green; (C) marbled yellow and red-orange; (D) marbled translucent white and transparent amber; (E) marbled amber, white and grey-green.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Marble Collectors Society of America, Source
Color: 
polychrome
Technique: 
machine-made

Objects in Set (5)

Marble
Date:1915-1930
Accession Number:83.4.198 A
Marble
Date:1915-1930
Accession Number:83.4.198 B
 
Marble
Date:1915-1930
Accession Number:83.4.198 C
Marble
Date:1915-1930
Accession Number:83.4.198 D
 
Marble
Date:1915-1930
Accession Number:83.4.198 E