Celery Vase

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Object Name: 
Celery Vase
Accession Number: 
80.4.34
Dimensions: 
H: 21.5 cm; D (rim): 12.3 cm, (foot): 10.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1845-1870
Credit Line: 
Gift of Lowell Innes
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass; blown in a ribbed mold. Waisted cylindrical bowl of opaque white glass; blown in an eight-ribbed mold; applied baluster stem and circular foot; rough pontil mark.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Innes, Lowell (d. 1986), Source
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 340; BIB# 22048
Recent Important Acquisitions, 23 (1981) illustrated, p. 96, #20; BIB# AI98083
Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) illustrated, p. 201 (fig. 194); BIB# 19272