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"Pomona" celery vase

Designed by: Joseph Locke (American, born in England, 1846–1936)
Made by: New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Massachusetts (1818–1888)
about 1885–88
Object Place: East Cambridge, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Glass, blown and stained, hand etched, and acid finish; "wreath" crimped rim and applied crimped foot
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 8.3 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones
Accession Number2012.69
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass

Description"First grind"; Cornflower Design- blue flowers; "wreath" crimped amber rim, applied round amber crimped foot
ProvenanceRuth Webb Lee (1894-1978); 1978, by inheritance to her daughter, the donor; 2012, gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones (Weston, Massachusetts) to the MFA. (Accession date: March 28, 2012)