Apple green; fourteen-sided, panelled tapering sides; square base; facets.
urns
glass (material)
pressing
uranium glass
Urn, Decorative
Urn, Decorative
"Artful Stories": Throughout Beauport, Henry Sleeper displayed comparatively inexpensive pieces of colored glass to dramatic effect. This green glass urn is one of a set; two smaller versions appear in Rankens portrait of the Chapel Chamber, where the shutters have been opened just enough to allow the glass to glow without taking too much attention away from the rooms other charms.
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
Sandwich , Massachusetts, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States
19 3/4 (H), 13 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.2858.2AB
Possibly
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