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Place of OriginUnited States, probably South New Jersey

Date1880-1910

Dimensions3 9/16 × 3 1/4 in. (9.1 × 8.3 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.538

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DescriptionColorless glass. Encloses a palm-tree-like flower of light greenish-yellow glass with five petals, each bearing reddish-brown sections of cane, and four fuzzy green leaves between, springing from an umbrella formed of eight arches of green, white, blue, and pink glass chips and small amounts of fine aventurine. Applied tooled foot. Small, rough pontil mark. Solid, except for a hollow stem and bubble stamen, tooled.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 556, no. 927.