Ambero Vase with Grapes

Object Name: 
Ambero Vase with Grapes

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Object Name: 
Ambero Vase with Grapes
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
2009.4.340
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 37 cm, Diam (max): 21.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1915-1916
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Mrs. Jason Westerfield Estate, by exchange
Web Description: 
Ambero, which was produced only in 1915 and 1916, was probably made in very few shapes and patterns. The decorating process was labor-intensive. The exterior was acid-etched to give the object a textured, translucent effect, and enamel decoration was then applied to the interior and fired to make the enamel permanent.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
James D. Julia, Inc., Source
2009-11-23
Material: 
glass
enamel
Inscription: 
Ambero/M
signature
: 
Enameled On underside of vase in script

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, acid-etched, enameled. Conical shaped vase with rounded shoulder and short neck with slightly flared rim. Decorated on the interior with a camphor colored enamel wash and multi-colored grape-vine design. The exterior of the vase consists of an acid-etched floral pattern.

Exhibitions (1)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-05-19 through 2011-12-31
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (2)

Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass Encomposing the History of the Mt. Washington Glass Works and Its Successors, the Pairpoint Companies Volume Two (2011) illustrated, p. 283 fig. 21-8. detail on p. 283, fig. 21-10; BIB# 88066
James D. Julia, Inc. Presents: Important Lamp & Glass Acution (2009) illustrated, p. 201, #2334; BIB# 112353