Vase
Vase
Place of OriginProbably United States
Date1900-1920
DimensionsH: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 29/32 in. (7.4 cm); Max Body W: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 23/32 in. (6.9 cm)
MediumOpal glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Kelvyn Grant Lilley
Object number
1977.43
Not on View
DescriptionBlown in a mold bearing a pattern of a series of five stylized lotus leaves around the body, with five spearlike stems and buds rising between each pair of the leaves, on a rippled background suggestive of waves of water. Spray-painted green all over including base, with overpainting of blue around edges of leaves and buds.
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. 755, no. 1302.
Probably second half of first century
Mid-first century CE, about 20 CE-60 CE
Probably second quarter of the first century
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
Probably second quarter to mid-first century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
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