Armorial Box with Hinged Cover

Object Name: 
Armorial Box with Hinged Cover

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Object Name: 
Armorial Box with Hinged Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Bohemia, Novy Bor (Haida)
Accession Number: 
2001.3.123
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.2 cm, W: 13.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1870-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jane Williams Mahoney
Primary Description: 
Green glass spherical jar with hinged brass cover and two circular bail handles, the top painted with armorial crest, the ground with repeating white and orange stylized flowers.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Mahoney, Jane Williams, Source
2002-04-09
Color: 
Transparent green
Technique: 
Blown, Tooled, Applied, Assembled, Cut, Ground, Enameled
tooling
assembling
cut glass
ground glass

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 44 (2002) illustrated, p. 229, fig. 29; front; BIB# AI64571
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2001 (2002) illustrated, p. 14; BIB# AI93571