Lithyalin Vase

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Object Name: 
Lithyalin Vase
Place Made: 
probably France, Saint-Louis
Accession Number: 
2009.3.54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.2 cm, Diam (max): 11.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
around 1840
Credit Line: 
Gift of Micki and Jay R. Doros
Primary Description: 
Multicolored glass and metal; blown, facet-cut and assembled. Vase is primarily green and orange glass with swirling pattern that resembles semiprecious stones. Vase has low bulbous body which narrows at neck and then widens to flared rim. The exterior sides have been ground to 12 vertical facets evenly around entire body. Vase has highly decorative floral gilt-bronze mounts at foot and rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Doros, Jay R. (American, 1927-2018), Source
2009-09-11
Doros, Micki, Source
2009-09-11
Color: 
multicolored
gold
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
assembling
Material: 
glass
gold
brass