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Vase

Manufacturer Vineland Flint Glass Works (American)

Date1924-1931

DimensionsH: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); Rim Diam: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 11.2 cm (4 13/32 in.)

MediumGolden pale yellow (Ambergris) glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Levis

Object number

1964.139

Not on View

DescriptionDurand no. 1710 vase. Blown, probably in a mold, and finished by tooling. Decorated with applied spider-web threads. Iridescent finish. Concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesRogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 70.

Keefe, John W., "Modern Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, repr. p. 70.

Revi, Albert Christian, American Art Nouveau, Camden, N.J., and Toronto, Nelson, 1968, pp. 183-189, 435, top left, no. 1710.

Beard, repr. p. 68, top.

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. 632, no. 1033, colorpl. 1033, p. 584.