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

Vase

Manufacturer Ludwig Moser & Söhne

CultureBohemian

Date1900-1925

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Base: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)

InscribedMark: Etched or lightly engraved in script on bottom: "Moser / Karlsbad" (very similar to script mark illustrated in Arwas).

Credit LineBequest of Ida Patterson Walton in Memory of Walter and Maude M. Walton, the Parents of Ida Patterson Walton and Aline Chapman Walton

Object number92.44.2

Not on view

DescriptionBlown colorless glass with partial ruby casing on lower half and at neck; neck has relief-cut band of overlapping ruby leaves; body intaglio-engraved with a tulip-like flower whose stem begins at the foot and branches out bearing two full blossoms and three buds; polished pontil.

Published ReferencesWill of Ida Patterson Walton, filed in the City of Norfolk, Article III, Item "a". Victor Arwas. GLASS: ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO. New York: H.N. Abrams. 1987: pp. 230-231.