Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vases (pair)
Object Number:
1933.207a-b
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
each: 8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of enamel-painted opaque white blown (possibly in a mold) glass vases with wide flared lip, narrow cylindrical neck, and inverted conical body on pedestal base; painted blue, with circular medallion on obverse with the blond, bearded head of a mythological figure in profile against black background; gilding on edge of lip, on ring at top of pedestal, on edge of pedestal, and on medallion frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
