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Vase

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-64484

Description

Bristol-type opaque white glass boxy. Urn-shaped vase-form with circular mouth with wide ground edge, short indented neck swelling out at sharp shoulders and tapering to a pointed bottom with a ring at stem and a wide circular foot. Gilt banding throughout. Center with an oval Renaissance revival reserve.
Features polychrome head of medieval man

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
gilding
glass (material)
blow molding
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
Renaissance Revival
Vase
Glass
Man
Blown
Renaissance Revival
Gilded
Vase

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 x 5.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.682.1

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