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Urn (or Vase) and Cover

Place of OriginSpain
Date1800-1850
DimensionsH (with cover): 31.4 cm (12 3/8 in.); H (without cover): 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); Rim Diam: 8.0 cm (3 1/8 in.); Base Diam: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
MediumColorless non-lead glass, blown, tooled, wheel-engraved, ground, polished
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1950.57A-B
Not on View
DescriptionUrn: Joined by an annular knop to a short, solid applied tooled stem with an applied solid tooled foot. Two applied solid semi-ear-shaped handles. Rough pontil mark. Lower part of body engraved with stone wheels with a band of stylized oak leaves and acorns, with a band of small leaves above. Cover: blown and finished by tooling. Applied blown and tooled finial containing an air trap. Rough pontil mark on interior of cover. Cracked off and underside of rim ground and polished. Upper surface of cover engraved with a similar band of leaves.
Published ReferencesRogers, Millard F., Jr., "Stylistic Influences on Nineteenth-Century American Glass," Antiques, vol. 78, July 1960, pp. 57-59 (Reprint 2, pp. 26-28), pp. 57-59, repr. p. 57.

Wilson, 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. 791, no. 1344.

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