Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
86.4.142
Dimensions: 
H: 26.1 cm, D (foot): 12.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1840-1870
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Primary Description: 
Aquamarine, opaque white non-lead glasses; blown. Trumpet shaped of aquamarine glass with applied looping of opaque white; lower quarter of body covered with a second gather of aquamarine which covers white loopings; applied baluster stem and applied flat circular foot with rough pontil mark underneath.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Herpst Estate, Martha J., Source
Color: 
Aquamarine, opaque white
aquamarine
Technique: 
blown