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

Vase

Manufacturer Cristallerie de Schneider

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1925

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (7 x 7 cm)
Base: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)

InscribedIncised on foot top in script: "Schneider".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number72.23

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 58

DescriptionTall cylindrical vase. Square rim with pointed corners on a round tango color, knop stem and frosted dark brown ribbed round dome foot. Clear bubbly with the bottom half frosted with a "hammered metal" surface. Decorated at the top with a pair (on opposite sides) of pinwheel-like applications of brown and clear with a large protruding tango center. Wavy "tail" with various sized small tango colored "jewels". Polished pontil.

Label TextVerreries Schneider Epinay-sur-Seine, France Vase, ca. 1925 Blown glass, etched, and martele surface ift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 72.23