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Vase

Designed by: Gaston Hoffmann (French (Alsace))
Made at: Cristallerie Schneider (founded in 1913)
French (Epinay-sur-Seine)
about 1919
Object Place: Europe, Epinay-sur-Seine, France

Medium/Technique Glass; blown, cased, with wheel-carved decoration
Dimensions 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Credit Line The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number1985.519
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionOvoid vase form of opaque green glass overlaid on blue. Acid-etched and wheel-carved cameo decoration of a seated classical figure with a lyre, in a continuous landscape.
InscriptionsIncised in script 'Schneider' preceded by an amphora.
ProvenanceBy 1985, John P. Axelrod; 1985, gift of John P. Axelrod (Accession Date: September 24, 1985)
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