Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia
Accession Number: 
85.3.49
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13 cm; Rim Diam: 11.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1918-1940
Credit Line: 
Gift of W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, mercury lined, gilded, painted. Cup-shaped bowl with painted floral decoration; straight hollow stem with one knop, yellow line around knop; circular foot with painted gilt line around; rough pontil mark in hollow base, open to interior which has been mercury lined; closure for hole is missing; paper label on bottom of foot "Made in Czechoslovakia"; stamped "MADE IN CZECHO/SLOVAKIA".

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques, Source
1985
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, mercury lined, gilded, painted
gilding