Royal Flemish Vase
Manufacturer
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
(American, New Bedford, MA)
CultureAmerican
Date1894
MediumGlass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall, Rim: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
12 3/4 × 7 1/16 in. (32.4 × 17.9 cm)
12 3/4 × 7 1/16 in. (32.4 × 17.9 cm)
InscribedPainted in red in center bottom: "RF" conjoined with the R backwards in a triangle and "594" aunderneath this.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5061
Not on view
DescriptionStick vase. Royal Flemish. Shades of blue and lavender around the neck. Heavily gilded by sections. Highly gilded "jeweled" peacock. Polished pontil.Exhibition HistoryLent to Metropolitan 9/4/86, for exhibition "In Pursuit of Beauty: American and the Aesthetic Movement," Oct. 20, 1986-Jan. 11, 1987. Published ReferencesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY: AMERICANS AND THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT, (Rizzoli: New York, 1986), pg. 246.
