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An opaque black-glass vase, of tall cynical form on a round pedestal base, is painted of white enamel floral sprig and butterfly designs. This gives it a cameo or pate-sur-pate-like appearance. The top rim and base are trimmed with gilt lines.
vases
glassblowing
enameling
gilding
glass (material)
painting (coating)
porcelain
cameos
floral patterns
Victorian
Glass
Blown
Opaqued
Painted
Enameled
Gilded
Victorian
Cameo
Floral
Porcelain
VASE
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
9.125 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.141
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