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

Plush Burmese Vase

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

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4993

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 39

DescriptionVase of plush Burmese glass. Enameled with an Egyptian scene. Storks in the top foreground and two gilded stylized palms and a gilt sun rise. Pyramids in the bottom background and a river and reed foreground bottom. Gilt rim and gilt around the solid collar foot. Polished pontil.

Exhibition HistoryIllustration of this used during WAVY-TV interview, 4/6/72. Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211.