Dilivium Vase

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Object Name: 
Dilivium Vase
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
84.3.242 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11 cm, W: 5.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Allan B. Bell in memory of Retta A. Bell
Primary Description: 
Marbleized red brown and yellow-green non-lead glasses; mold-blown, cut, engraved, stained. Square cross-section, rounded sides; polished flat top; the sides probably cut, then stained, then engraved through the stain in a stylized, simplified floral pattern, outlined with gilding: a lotus-like flower on one face, foliage and a bud on a sinuous stem on an adjacent side, a leaf wrapping around the corner of a third side, and another bud on sinuous stem on the fourth side, polished flat base; the edges chamfered.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Bell, Allan B., Source