Celery Vase or Spooner, "Westward Ho" Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
diameter: 3 7/8 in. (9,7 cm)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.162.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Glass. Celery vase. Colorless pressed polished and unpolished (acid frosted) glass. Lower part of bowl has a band of acid frosted high relief decoration of forested mountainous landscape within the foreground a log cabin, a running deer and a bison. In the background is a sun. The flared rim has repetitive ogive shapes. The round foot has a fluted decoration and the stem has annulated knops. (Westward Ho! Or Pioneer design).
Condition: Good. Dirty. Foot rim Manufacturer's flaws. Base: spot near bison's head; chips to rim above scene. Cracks and scratches with stretch marks on top band.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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