Vase
Vase
Place of OriginProbably Germany or Bohemia
Date1885-1900
DimensionsH: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/32 in. (7.85 cm)
MediumAmberina-type non-lead glass; body blown and optic-molded with sixteen vertical ribs.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1951.200
Not on View
DescriptionGather of greenish amber glass applied to base and drawn up the sides to form five leaf prunts impressed with veins. A second gather applied to base and tooled into seven feet, each impressed by pincers with ribs above and below. Applied band of light greenish-amber glass to form lip, drawn and pincered into nine ribbed scallops. Cracked off; upper surface of rim ground and polished. No pontil mark.
1885-1900
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1940-1945
Probably 1920-1930
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1940-1945
Probably late third or fourth century
1885-1910
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