Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vase
Object name
Vase
Date
1870-1900
Medium
Glass, paper, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/4 x 6 in. ( 36.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Colorless blown glass vase; baluster shape with flaring rim; decorated with paper decals of floral and mythological images applied from inside; interior painted green. Base with push up and pontil mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Isabella Vach
Object Number
1933.209a
Gallery Label
This decal-decorated vase, one of a pair, is an example of a late-nineteenth-century woman's hobby known as "potichomanie."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
