Asymmetrical Amphora
date: label: date made
content: 1905
name: label: maker
content: Union Glass Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Stylized amphora form with two handles, long slightly flaring neck and bulbous body. Vessel was mold blown resulting in a slight ribbed pattern on the body. Main body of vessel is white opaque glass with gold flecks. Applied handles and base are of dark green glass also with gold flecks. Colored glass with gold flecks was known as "Venetian-style." Handles and base are also ribbed. Handles are asymmetrically placed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Somerville
topic: label: web subject
content: Art Glass
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Union Glass Company via Julian de Cordova
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.234132
label: catalog number
content: 234132
label: accession number
content: 43908
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vase
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: green (handles (2) color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (?? color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, opaque (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, opaque (handles (2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: mold blown (?? production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 6 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 16.51 cm