"Cigarette Jar with Horsehead Finial"

Title: 
"Cigarette Jar with Horsehead Finial"

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Object Name: 
Covered Jar
Title: 
"Cigarette Jar with Horsehead Finial"
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
97.4.48
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H: 16.7 cm, D(rim): 8.8 cm; (a) H: 10.2 cm, D(rim): 8.3 cm; (b) H: 7.1 cm, D: 8.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1958
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, applied, tooled, ground, polished. (a) Waisted cylindrical shape with flat base, ground and polished under base. Signed "Steuben" in diamond-point script under base near base. (b) Circular domed shape surmounted by a bi-conical disk, topped by a horsehead finial; rim ground and polished. Design no. 8103.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, applied, tooled,g round, polished
tooling

Publications (1)

Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) p. 280, #8103; BIB# 21935