Blue Vase
date: label: date made
content: 1888
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Blown vase with high rounded shoulders tapering in a cone to a moderate sized base. The neck is moderate in both diameter and length and slightly flares outward. Glass is encased with white opaque inside and turquoise on the exterior. Blown into a pattern mold to create a diamond ribbed pattern. Neck was gently twisted creating a different optical pattern. The outer blue layer thins to the bottom resulting in shading to a pale blue. The surface is etched with hydrofluoric acid, called "Satin Glass" finish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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: Phoenix Glass Co., through Dr. David T. Day, U.S. Geol Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.94500
label: catalog number
content: 94500
label: accession number
content: 20500
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vase, Large
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, light (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, white (internal surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, translucent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cased (joint piece production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 7 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 19.05 cm