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

Fish Bowl Design Vase

Manufacturer Muller Freres

Dateca. 1920

MediumBlown glass | Cameo

DimensionsOverall: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineJoan Foy French Collection

Object number71.6539

Terms

Colorless
Aventurine
Yellow
Green
Luneville, France

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DescriptionVase; cameo; urn-shaped with short neck and glaring rim. Acid-cut back "fish bowl" scene, clear, then patches of adventurine and patches of clear yellow and then clear green. Numerous swimming fish of green and yellow and adventurine around vase. Bottom - green with adventurine irregular "pebbles" and rim and neck green and adventurine and band of yellow and adventurine divided with waved green. Background is irregularly textured.

Label TextMuller Freres Luneville, France Vase, ca. 1920 Blown glass, acid-etched Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6539