Pair of Vases

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Object Name: 
Pair of Vases
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Austria
Accession Number: 
84.3.22
Dimensions: 
(A) H: 11.5 cm, D: 5.3 cm; (B) H: 11.5 cm, D: 5.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1885-1895
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved, enameled, pierced metal mounts. Ovoid bodies with cylindrical, straight-sided necks; decorated with a pierced metal collar on the neck in a pattern of formal scrollwork and vertical bars of blue enamel decorated with stylized white floral bands; vertical openwork metal bands with stylized blue-enamel flowers spanning the bodies between the necks and feet; the bulbous bodies of the vase with polished engraved decorations in spirals; rounded foot rims with gilded pierced metal mounts decorated with bands of blue enamel and white enamel floral highlights; polished pontil marks; inscribed "GF." in light blue enamel inside the necks, below the rims.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Danenberg S.A., Source
1984-04-06
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, engraved, enameled, pierced metal mounts
engraving
enameling

Objects in Set (2)

Vase
Date:about 1885-1895
Accession Number:84.3.22 A
Vase
Date:about 1885-1895
Accession Number:84.3.22 B