Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Place Made: 
possibly United States, PA
possibly United States, OH
Accession Number: 
2000.4.4
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.5 cm, Diam: 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1845-1860
Primary Description: 
Colorless and fiery opalescent lead glass, blown, tooled. Cylindrical top section with flaring rim having a heavy thread of fiery opalescent glass applied and marvered, lower half of body is bulbous and has an applied casing of fiery opalescent glass, applied baluster stem and flat circular foot, rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Innes, Lowell (d. 1986), Former Collection
1986
Rogers, J. Robert, Former Collection
Husfloen, Kyle, Source
2000-03-07
Color: 
Colorless, Fiery Opalescent
colorless
Technique: 
blown, tooled

Publications (5)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 43 (2001) illustrated, pp. 208-209, fig. 30; BIB# AI53002
Title Unknown (The Glass Club Bulletin) (2001) Cover;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2000 (2001) illustrated, p. 14, right; BIB# AI98331
Two important glass auctions (1986-05-03) illustrated, Lot #44; BIB# 13023
Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) p. 104, 389-398 (fig. 50); BIB# 19272