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Vase

Vase
Object name 
Vase
Date 
1875-1950
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 19 x 9.5 cm )
Description 
Light amethyst pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and six panels around sides, each containing a raised circle above a loop; hollow base with hexagonal knop and foot.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1952.229
Gallery Label 
This vase may be a twentieth-century reproduction of a mid-nineteenth-century pattern. (Note: Vases such as this one reproduced in "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass" (p. 230) are said to date from after 1875 because they have been pressed in one piece.)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.