Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2010.

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

Basket

Manufacturer Stevens and Williams, Ltd.

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1890

MediumBlown, applied, tooled, and machine-threaded glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (10.8 x 22.5 cm)
Base: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4284

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-5, Case 34

DescriptionBasket of blown glass. Diamond quilted. Clear cased ruby threaded with vaseline. Applied pincered around rim and bottom. Applied solid twisted clear handle squeezing vessel at center and applied just below rim with a large clear "lion" masque print (?) face and two leaves at each side. Polished pontil.

Exhibition History"Cheers to Queen Victoria: British Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2010 - March 20, 2011.Published ReferencesLagerberg, BRITISH GLASS, Book 4, No. 187 & 339.