Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Somerville
Accession Number: 
2008.4.138
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 34.8 cm, Diam (max): 13.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1920-1927
Primary Description: 
Colorless and transparent amber glass; blown, tooled, applied. Conical shaped amber vase with ruffled rim sits atop two vertically stacked colorless glass balls with patterned bubble pattern with a flat circular amber base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Source
Color: 
colorless
amber
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
applied
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
LDC.88.41
inscription
: 
Painted On underside of foot Black paint/ink.
171
label
: 
Label/adhesive On underside of foot Rectangular white label with partially handwritten and partially printed text.