Covered Jar
Maker
Mount Washington Glass Company
(American, active New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1876 - 1900)
Date1891-1895
MediumGlass, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
ClassificationsCONTAINERS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017.24.1.a-b
DescriptionCovered jar with articulated lid. Body of jar is decorated with an animated dragon, staining, and jewels. The base is of white opal glass which was variously free-blown, pattern-molded, and pressed. The piece is coated with an overall yellow-beige wash, and decorated with floral or figurative decoration in paint thinned to the intensity of a wash, and gold, applied to raised "jewels."On View
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