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Vase

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-18467

Description

Pair of red and colorless glass vases w/ etched elk decoration and painted grapevine motif; red banded base and neck; bulbous body w/ tapered neck.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
glass (material)
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
elks (moose)
vine scrolls
Glass
Painted
Etched
Elk
Vine
VASE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.625 (H), 4.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.492.2

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