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Object Name:

Morgan Vase of Peachblow Glass

Maker(s):

Hobbs, Brockunier & Co., Manufacturer

Place Made:

United States, WV, Wheeling

Accession Number:

50.4.328

Dimensions:

Overall H: 25.5 cm; Body H: 20.3, Diam (max): 7.8 cm; Rim Diam: 3 cm; Base Diam: 4.3 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1886-1891

Web Description:

Following London's Great Exhibition of 1851, the Victorian sense of "good taste" emphasized more ornate works. Some glassmakers met this demand by creating dramatic color effects. Several American factories produced Peachblow glass, which had a surface that shaded from opaque cream to pink or red, sometimes over opaque white. This glass was made in imitation of the Morgan Vase, a famous 18th-century Chinese "peachbloom" porcelain vase that sold at auction in 1886 for the astonishing price of $18,000. This sale was widely reported, and glass and pottery manufacturers raced to capitalize on the publicity by producing objects that resembled the Morgan Vase in shape and color. The pressed glass stand on the Morgan Vase in The Corning Museum of Glass was made to resemble the Chinese carved wood stand for the peachbloom vase.

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Department:

American

Provenance:

McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source

1950-07-31

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Primary Description:

Morgan Vase of Peachblow Glass. Lead glass, cased, core of white, casing of yellow shading to deep wine-red, outer casing of colorless; free-blown; cylindrical neck flaring slightly at rim, tooled collar-like ribs at base, ovoid body with flat shoulder, and tapering to small base with ground and polished pontil mark. Pressed amber glass holder, circular pedestal with five equidistant "dragons" around sides, heads extending above rim, feet forming table rest.