Epergne
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureBohemian
Dateca. 1875
MediumBlown glass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Base: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Base: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of George Dearsley in memory of Winifred May Dearsley
Object number81.77
Not on view
DescriptionEpergne of seven parts: trumpet top, foot bottom, bobeche-like shelf, and four small trumpets. Blown, satin finish opaline, trumpet top with applied pale green gilded opaline snake diagonally around trumpet, end screws into foot bottom and holds a bobeche-like shelf which is carved to suspend 4 miniature curved trumpets with each end decorated with applied diagonally twisted green snake, gilt bands and rims. Large trumpet is broken and mended and nicked at trumpet bottom rim.
