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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Burmese Bell
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Burmese Bell

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)
CultureAmerican
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4953
On View
Not on view
DescriptionBell of glossy burmese glass. Ribbed with a scalloped rim. Darker salmon inside and ribs outside are lemon. Some salmon streaks top outside. Attached solid clear baluster handle with a beehive-like finial. Gong is broken and reinforced with plaster at the bell top.

Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211. A.A. Trinidad, Jr., _Collectible Glass Bells of the World_ (Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003), 70, 73, 142, 148, 150, 156-157.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Bowl
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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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Plush Burmese Vase
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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vase
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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vase
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Thomas Webb & Sons
Bud Vase
ca. 1887
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Burmese Whimsey
Image scanned from transparency.
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Bell
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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