Vase with Seaweed

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Object Name: 
Vase with Seaweed
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Sevres
Accession Number: 
85.3.16
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.8 cm; Rim Diam: 9.4 cm; Base Diam: 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1910
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Powdery blue glass; pate de verre. Waisted shape, slightly bulbous at top, curving inward below rim; signed on base: (within circle) "A. DANMOUSE"; paper label: "Karlineries/ PORCELAINES/CRISTAUX/BIBELOTS/DAN: 37.87/150 BEMONTPARNASSE PARIS".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Taylor, Magda, Former Collection
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
1985-01-15
Nagy, Klara Lukats, Source
1985-01-15
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1985-01-15
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
blue
Technique: 
pâte de verre
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Albert Louis Dammouse

Exhibitions (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2005-04 through 2006-01

Publications (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations (2005) illustrated, p. 20, fig. 19; BIB# 87714