Cased Vase

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Object Name: 
Cased Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, London
Accession Number: 
60.2.43
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.4 cm; Rim Diam: 12 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1869
Primary Description: 
Opaque brilliant silvered pale green glass, double walled; blown, cased, silvered. Slightly sloping ring foot with slightly concave base, pear- shaped body curving to wide neck which flares in turn to rounded rim; metal insert at the base protected by a plug of clear glass reading "E. Varnish & Co., London, patent"; on the clear glass plug as well as on the bottom of the silvered glass there are numbers "14b" scratched with a diamond point.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Gibbs, Leah (Mrs. Donald), Source
1960-11-02
Color: 
Opaque Brilliant Silvered Pale Green
Technique: 
Blown, cased, silvered
Inscription: 
14b
Inscription
: 
scratched with a diamond point on glass plug and on the bottom
E. Varnish & Co., London, patent
Inscription
: 
on the base metal insert at the base protected by a plug of clear glass

Exhibitions (1)

Curiosities of Glassmaking
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show