Engraved Vase

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Object Name: 
Engraved Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Dudley, Stourbridge
Accession Number: 
2009.2.3
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.4 cm, Diam (max): 14.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1900
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, cut and engraved. Elongated belly-shaped body on a low pad foot cut ith radiating fan below and with and everted petal-cut rim: the body cut in "rock crystal" style, optically lobed vertical panels ending in inverted teares below the mouth, the sides engraved with water patterns (horizontal and swirled) and with water lilies and blossoms overall, the horizontal water patterns cut to the upper body and belwo the rim, finished with engraved water lillies.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Robinson, James, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown
tooling
cutting
engraving
Material: 
glass