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

Vase

Manufacturer Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat (French, founded 1764)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1910
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
InscribedImpressed on bottom: "BACCARAT".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6702
Not on view
DescriptionClear vase, satin pressed. Round post with an enameled and gilded snake around the bottom circling up (body of snake is pale iridescent blue). Enameled bug at the top. The base is an irregular dome shape showing leaves and plants on the ground.

Published ReferencesGrover, ART GLASS NOUVEAU, pg. 197.
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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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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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
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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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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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