Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, West Midlands, Birmingham
Accession Number: 
86.2.38
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17 cm, Diam (max): 11.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1907
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. William Esty, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Yellow lead glass; optic-blown and iridized. Inverted pear-shaped with slightly flaring rim; molded vertical ribbing, applied rib-molded slightly domed foot; rough pontil mark underneath; interior and most of exterior iridized by exposure to chemical spray; "WALSH" acid-stamped underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Vesta Venetian
Provenance: 
Manley, Cyril, Former Collection
1986-08-04
Esty, Mrs. William, Source
1986-08-04
Asprey & Co., Ltd., Source
1996-01-15
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
yellow
Technique: 
mold-blown, iridized
Inscription: 
WALSH
Trademark

Publications (2)

Important Collection of Glass (19th Century to 1985). Manley Glass Collection (#863) (1986-07-07) Lot #296; BIB# 5889
Decorative Victorian Glass (1981) pp. 123, 721-773, #134; BIB# 21676