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

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-4, Case 28

Exhibition History"In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, October 20, 1986 - January 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.