Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Trumpet Vase

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1885

MediumGlass | Gilt | Enamel

DimensionsOverall: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Base: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5004

Not on view

DescriptionVase/jack-in-the-pulpit of plush Burmese mostly lemon glass. Enameled and gilded with a raised daisy. Queen's pattern decoration. Albert Steffin type. Mostly lemon.

Published ReferencesHugh Tait, ed., FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF GLASS, (British Museum Press: London, 1991), pg. 205, ill. 259 (color). Edith Gaines, "A Survey of Parti-colored Art Glass," ART & ANTIQUES, July-Aug. 1982, ill. pg. 81. Lori Gross, Director. MUSEUM LOAN NETWORK: NEWS 1998-99. MIT:7-8, fig. 39. Betty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211.