Green Rock Crystal Engraved Vase

Object Name: 
Green Rock Crystal Engraved Vase

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Object Name: 
Green Rock Crystal Engraved Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, White Mills
Accession Number: 
2010.4.14
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 31 cm, Diam (max): 15.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1903
Primary Description: 
Colorless and transparent green glass; blown, cased, cut, copper-wheel engraved, ground, polished. Low bodied vase with long neck that is narrow near the base and then gradually widens to a slightly flared rim. The vase is green cut to colorless with a "rock crystal" pattern of stylized flowers and leaves.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Simmonds, Ian, Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
cased glass
cutting
copper-wheel engraved
polishing
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2010 (2011) illustrated, p. 33; BIB# AI90243
Recent Acquisitions: American Glass (2010) illustrated, p. 16, top left; BIB# AI82514