New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vase

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1840-1860

MediumBlown and tooled glass with 1839 U.S.

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3953

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 18

DescriptionVase of clear gray tinted blown non-flint glass. With an opaque white bulbous shape with a flaring neck and rim. Then, a hollow fat clear central knop stem with an 1839 US dime coin. Hollow dome base. Matching top part with white looping.

Published ReferencesJ.S. Spillman, _Glass: Tableware, Bowls, & Vases_, No. 337, Similar with coin but recorded as flint. McKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, pl. 60, No. 3, pg. 168.