Floriform Compote Vase

Object Name: 
Floriform Compote Vase

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Object Name: 
Floriform Compote Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Brooklyn
Accession Number: 
2011.4.45
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.9 cm, Diam (max): 13.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1902-1915
Primary Description: 
Colorless and translucent white glass, green, pink, blue, and yellow/gold iridization; cased, blown, hot-worked, iridized. Footed vase with cup-shaped body and wavy crimped floriform rim. Vase completely iridized with pulled feather decoration in green, pink, blue, and yellow/gold.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Garth's Auctions, Inc., Source
2011-04-06
Color: 
colorless
white
green
pink
blue
yellow
gold
Technique: 
cased glass
glassblowing
hot-working
iridescence
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Quezal / E 913
signature
: 
Engraved base