Iridized Vase

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Object Name: 
Iridized Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Austria
Accession Number: 
2008.3.45
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10 cm, Diam (max): 11.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1905
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; mold-blown, tooled, iridized. Bean pot shape form with gold iridescent "oil-spot" splotches overall.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Source
Inscription: 
LDC.88.45
inscription
: 
Painted On underside of base Black paint/ink.
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label
: 
Label/adhesive On underside of base Partially missing rectangular white label with black text.