Garniture
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Slender, two-handled, opaque white spiral blown glass vase containing a clear colorless lampwork basket filled with a variety of fruits (colored-wax covered glass baubles) and berries amidst which a small red bird rests with wings outstretched. White batting topped by iridescent material is tucked into basket and around vase. Covered by a clear colorless glass dome or shade that fits on a circular wood base with three ball feet. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made; place used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.68.0476
label: catalog number
content: 68.0476
label: accession number
content: 274913
objectType: label: Object Name
content: garniture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (shade, vase, basket, fruits material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (fruits material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (berries or small fruits material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, dome: 14 1/2 in x 8 5/8 in; 36.83 cm x 21.9075 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, box of broken pieces: 1 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 4.445 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.6525 cm