Verona Vase

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Object Name: 
Verona Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
2009.4.226
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 31.3 cm, Diam (max): 12 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1896-1897
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Mrs. Jason Westerfield Estate, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, ground; enameled and gilt. Cylindrical vase with flat circular foot and short neck with flared, pinched, three-lobed rim. Vase is decorated with peach colored enamel and a cut-away decoration with gilded outline that creates a pattern including flower forms and a cherub.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
James D. Julia, Inc., Source
2009-11-23
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
hot-working
grinding
enameling
gilding
Material: 
glass
enamel
gold

Publications (3)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint Glass (2012-07) illustrated, p. 26;
Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass Encomposing the History of the Mt. Washington Glass Works and Its Successors, the Pairpoint Companies Volume Two (2011) illustrated, p. 139 fig. 16-35; BIB# 88066
James D. Julia, Inc. Presents: Important Lamp & Glass Acution (2009) illustrated, p. 16, #1017; BIB# 112353