Celery Vase
ManufacturerPossibly
Bakewells & Co.
(American, 1808-1882)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1820-1840
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Base: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Base: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
InscribedL. Innes number: "666" and inked "78.In.9".
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number86.178
Not on view
DescriptionCelery vase of mold blown colorless glass. Twenty-one deep "finger" ribs bottom third below a horizontal band. Four more bands at flaring rim. Engraved daisy & single leaf design with extra small leaf sprays & scroll and dot band below top bands. Tumbler shape. On a solid button stem and plain round foot.Published References_Oliver Auction Catalog_, 1986, #33, Ex. Lowell Innes Collection. Lowell Innes. _Pittsburgh Glass_, pl. 132. George S. and Helen McKearin, _American Glass_ (New York: Crown Publishers, 1948), B-3-M, #6V-21, similar shape but "not chartered". Innes bought this in 1976 at an antique show for $280.
