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Urn: square base with polished pontil. Facet- cut dome of base tapers to short panelled stem. Bowl is ovoid with swirled thumbprint-like or peacock eye cuts. Cover: domed with facet-cut border and conforming peacock eye overall design. Panel-cut steeple finial.
urns
covers (closures)
cutting (dividing)
lead glass
paneling
glass (material)
faceting
eyes (motifs)
peafowl
Cut
Faceted
Eye
Panelled
Glass
URN
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
1949.391.2A,B
Unknown
4.375 x 2.25 (HxW), 3.125 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.391.2AB
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