Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Accession Number: 
86.2.18
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.5 cm, Diam: 14 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1755-1760
Credit Line: 
Gift of Helen Mayer in memory of her husband, John
Primary Description: 
Opaque white lead glass; blown, enameled. Large, inverted baluster shape; with short neck, rounded shoulders, tapered sides; enameled scene on the side, with classical ruin, including two fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, stone arches, and a gadrooned urn, on an island with tall, wispy trees at the left; on another island to the left, a small stone church; a man poling a boat in the middle ground, and a city, with stall central spiral, and hills, in the background; on the reverse, a flying bird in brilliant colors; slightly concave base; rough pontil mark.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Mayer, Helen, Source
1986-07-30
Category: 
Color: 
Technique: 
Recent Important Acquisitions, 29 (1987) illustrated, pp. 118-119, #19; BIB# AI19055