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Primary Description:
Colorless, lead glass; blown, cut and ground. Spherical-shape; flaring neck with one flanged knop; upper neck with cut design of floral sprays; flange with hollowed lobes; shoulder with running vine pattern flanked by rows of circular hollows ending below in an inverted row of flower and leaf units; body with isolated large grain or floral sprays and below a row of flowers and leaf motifs above a border of circular hollows; body rounds in to a slightly concave base; pontil area cut with four-petaled motif; bubbles, large to minute, in the glass, and several dark stones; several swirls can be felt exteriorly on the base.
Publications (5)
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 100;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 24;
BIB# 63967
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 146-147, pl. 65;
BIB# 33819
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 146-147, pl. 65;
BIB# 20953