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

Ambero Art Glass Vase

Manufacturer Pairpoint Corporation (American)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1900-1902

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Base: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

InscribedMarked on bottom in brown enamel: "Ambero/W".

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Parsons

Object number91.80

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 39

DescriptionAmbero Art Glass vase of blown colorless glass. Ovoid shape with a flaring rim. Reverse-painted enamel with a sunset landscape consisting of meadows & trees with a female figure standing on a road that leads past a red-roofed cottage with a central chimney. Interior is enameled or stained yellow. Exterior roughened & frosted, probably by glue chip technique and acid etching.

Published ReferencesKenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 282, fig. 21-6.