Two-Handled Vessel Christmas Ornament

Object Name: 
Two-Handled Vessel Christmas Ornament

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Object Name: 
Two-Handled Vessel Christmas Ornament
Place Made: 
probably Western Germany
Accession Number: 
2008.3.108
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.5 cm, W: 5.0 cm, D: 4.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1950-1959
Credit Line: 
Gift of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; flameworked, silvered and stained glass; painted; flocking; metal collar. Red vessel with two delicate handles decorated with a white painted and flocked flower with a yellow center.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Collection of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson, Source
2009-03-09
Inscription: 
GERMANY
inscription
: 
Stamped/pressed On top of metal collar It appears two collars have been melded together and the one on top bears a partial inscription, if whole it would probably say "WEST GERMANY" instead of "Germany"