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

Vase

Manufacturer Quezal Art Glass & Decorating Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1905

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

InscribedEngraved across polished pontil: "QUEZAL"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6127

Not on view

Label TextQUEZAL VASE Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company Brooklyn, New York Early 20th century Mold-blown, cased, and iridescent. Mark: engraved on bottom Quezal Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6127Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, for Art Nouveau Exhibition 11/22/71. WPC stated insurance value of $1,150. "Flights of Fancy: The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company," Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ, April 13 - October 20, 1996 Published ReferencesART NOUVEAU A JOUR EXHIBITION CATALOG, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, recorded #118. Gay LeCleire Taylor, FLIGHTS OF FANCY: THE QUEZAL ART GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANY (Millville, NJ: Wheaton Cultural Alliance, 1996), p. 16, index no. 15.