Vase and Cover
Date: about 1890-1900
Dimensions:
with cover: 29 11/16 in. (75.5 cm)
without cover: 21 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (55.5 × 11.8 × 17.5 cm)
Medium: nonlead glass
Place of Origin: Central Europe
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Object number: 1913.540
DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, cased with non-lead gold-ruby glass.
Vase: body blown and finished by tooling. Joined directly to a blown and tooled base that is one continuous piece, with a hollow interior up to the join with the body. Cover: blown and finished by tooling. Applied knop. Rim of cover, rim of body, and rim of base ground and polished. No pontil mark on either the base or the cover. The piece is cut over its entire surface, very precisely, through the layer of ruby casing.
Vase: body blown and finished by tooling. Joined directly to a blown and tooled base that is one continuous piece, with a hollow interior up to the join with the body. Cover: blown and finished by tooling. Applied knop. Rim of cover, rim of body, and rim of base ground and polished. No pontil mark on either the base or the cover. The piece is cut over its entire surface, very precisely, through the layer of ruby casing.
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