Royal Flemish Cracker Jar with Coin Decoration and Lid

Object Name: 
Royal Flemish Cracker Jar with Coin Decoration and Lid

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Object Name: 
Royal Flemish Cracker Jar with Coin Decoration and Lid
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
62.4.3
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.2 cm, Diam (max): 11.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1889-1895
Web Description: 
This coin, which is styled after ancient Roman coins, shows the bust of the emperor Nero. Royal Flemish glass, which was made with a variety of enameled and gilded decorations from 1888 to 1895, was extremely popular. Although the name would point to a European origin, the decoration is not based on Flemish designs.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Dyer, Richard, Source
Color: 
colorless
brown
gold
silver
white
beige
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
gilding
Material: 
glass
metal
enamel
gold

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; white metal; blown and enameled. Ovoid body covered with enamel decoration in shades of brown and beige; gilt tracing and three medallions, two gold and one silver; white metal collar, handle and lid.

Exhibitions (1)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-05-19 through 2011-12-31
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (4)

Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass Encomposing the History of the Mt. Washington Glass Works and Its Successors, the Pairpoint Companies Volume Two (2011) illustrated, p. 28 fig. 13-27; BIB# 88066
Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass 2011 (2010-12) illustrated, p. 12;
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 182; BIB# 22048
Recent Important Acquisitions, 5 (1963) pp. 152-153, #57; BIB# AI87079