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A matte-finished glass vase, of baluster shape with a narrow neck and a flared rim. It is free-blown and has thin walls of opaque white glass, with enameled pale peach matte-finish. It is enamel painted with a polychrome basket of fruit framed by a gold trellis and ivy. It has a leaf sprig on the reverse with gilt trim at the top and base.
vases
enameling
glassblowing
gilding
glass (material)
painting (coating)
porcelain
berry baskets
Victorian
Glass
Enameled
Blown
Painted
Gilded
Fruit Basket
Victorian
Porcelain
VASE
Painted in red at the bottom underside is: 38.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
7.625 (H), 2.75 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.142.1
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