Jar and Cover

Manufacturer Vineland Flint Glass Works (American)

Date1924-1932

DimensionsH (jar): 18.0 cm (7 3/32 in.); Rim Diam (jar): 7.6 cm (3 in.); Rim Diam (cover): 8.8 cm (3 15/32 in.); Base Diam: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); H (cover): 4.15 cm (1 5/8 in.)

MediumOpal glass cased with a gather of transparent light amber glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Francis L. Robertson

Object number

1985.52A-B

Not on View

DescriptionJar: blown and finished by tooling to ovoid shape with a short vertical neck. Decorated with fine reeding applied around body. Cover: blown and finished by tooling. Decorated with fine reeding and a domed, ribbed amber fruit applied top center. Jar and cover exposed to reducing flame to produce varicolored golden iridescence.

Published ReferencesRevi, Albert Christian, American Art Nouveau, Camden, N.J., and Toronto, Nelson, 1968, p. 434, bottom center, no. 1964 (repr. of page from Durand catalogue of about 1928).

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. 633, no. 1034.