Artist/Maker
Mount Washington Glass Company
fl. 1870-1894
Place MadeNew Bedford, MASSACHUSETTS, United States
Title
Vase
Date 1878-1880
Mediumglass
Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)
Object number1989.65
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionSicilian 'Lava' glass vase in a shape influenced by Ancient Greek pottery. Sicilian glass was inspired by the discovery and excavations of the ancient cities of Troy (in 1871) and Mycenae (in 1874). Mount Washington's president at the time, Frederick S. Shirley, received a patent for the process of "an article of glassware made of lava and glass" in 1878.On View
On view
1725-1960
Mount Washington Glass Company
