"Covered Jar"

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Object Name: 
Covered Jar
Title: 
"Covered Jar"
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
97.4.103
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H; 24.6 cm, D: 14.8 cm; (a) H: 14.6 cm, D: 13.2 cm; (b) H: 11.1 cm, D: 14.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1950
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, applied, tooled, ground, polished. Flared cylindrical shape with a heavy applied pedestal base including a spherical air bubble. Circular base ground and polished flat. Slightly domed circular lid with applied finial having a central circular and three applied leaf-shaped prunts. Rim ground and polished flat.

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