Cornucopia/Urn Flask

Object Name: 
Cornucopia/Urn Flask

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Object Name: 
Cornucopia/Urn Flask
Accession Number: 
60.4.277
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17 cm, W: 11.2 cm, D: Diam (max):
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1901-1959
Primary Description: 
Reddish amber glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: designs on oval panels; large cornucopia filled with produce and coiled to left; similar to GIII-4 except slight variations in cornucopia; on each side tiny individual dots are used to accent the modeling of the design. Reverse: urn with five heavy vertical bars, filled with produce; similar to GIII-4 except slight variation in produce in urn. Edges: three vertical ribs, heavy medial rib.

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Pattern Name: 
GIII-6
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
Color: 
red
amber
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Un guide pour la datation de la verrerie de table des annees 1800 a 1940 (2001) illustrated, Fig. 20, p. 194, front center; BIB# 96483