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Floriform vase
about 1900–1903
Object Place: Corona, Long Island, New York
Medium/Technique
Favrile glass
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 12.7 cm (13 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia P. Chappell and family
Accession Number2008.1504
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass
DescriptionA thin stem with a slight center bulb rises from a circular foot and is surmounted by a tulip-shaped bowl with undulating edges. The glass of the base and stem is iridescent while that of the bowl is striated white and green in imitation of natural veining
Marks
Scratched into underside of base: "L.C.T. Y7823"
Provenance1904, wedding gift to Laura Hand and Hamilton Farnham of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (wedding date: September 27, 1904); 2000, to Patsy Chappell of Cambridge, Massachusetts, by inheritance; 2008, to the MFA by gift of Patsy Chappell (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)