Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
54.3.77
Dimensions: 
H: 15.2 cm; D (rim, max.): 13.5 cm, (min.): 8.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1900-1954
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Primary Description: 
Translucent extremely thick and heavy bubbly colorless and greyish glasses; slight wear marks; free-blown and cut, with encased black flecked enamel. Cut solid ringbase, body with curved bottom and straight walls, flattened upper part through pressing the two opposite walls together; the inside is much smaller and conical, and surrounded by an unevenly shaped bubble; engraved on the base: "553 - H NAVARRE".

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Sharpe, Ellen D., Source
1954-06-01
Color: 
Translucent colorless, greyish
Technique: 
free-blown, cut, with encased black flecked enamel
cut glass

Exhibitions (1)

Arts and Crafts in Detroit: The Movement, The Society, The School
Venue(s)
Detroit Institute of Arts 1976-11 through 1977-01