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

Nappy

Manufacturer Unger Brothers
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1900
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
InscribedSigned (acid etched) on center of piece: "UNGEr/BROS".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.1285
Not on view
DescriptionNappy of clear glass. The center of the piece is cut with three vesicas filled with crosshatching and small stars. Within each vesica is a sixteen-point hobstar too. Between each pair of vesica is fan cutting. The rim is scalloped.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unger Brothers
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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