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

Opal Vase

Manufacturer Smith Brothers

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1874 - 1894

MediumBlown opal glass with enameled design

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

InscribedSigned in gilt lower side: "Smith Bros."

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5760

On View

On view

DescriptionCone-shape mold; bottom 1/8" bends opposite direction; white opaque enameled with pale pink, with two bands of white and gilt near top and one near bottom. Decorated with enameled pair of birds in circle and circle above yellow and brown scene, and around circles branches with white blossoms.

Exhibition HistoryLent to Met for exhibition "IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY: AMERICA AND THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT", Oct. 20, 1986 to Jan. 11, 1987. Published ReferencesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art; IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY: AMERICANS AND THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT, (New York: Rissoli, 1986), p. 246. Merrill, Nancy O. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1989) 151, 215.