Physical Qualities
Glass, 33 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (85.1 × 22.2 × 22.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing
Object Number
2002.66a-b
New England glasshouses were highly competitive, and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between their products, particularly those that are unmarked. This large vase, a tour de force of mold-blown glass, could either be "Amberina," made by the New England Glass Works, or "Rose Amber," made by the Mount Washington Glass Company. English-born glass master Frederick S. Shirley, who was active at Mount Washington, is thought to have produced "Amber Glass" before the New England Glass Works imitated it with "Amberina."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; W.M. Schwind, Jr., Antiques & Fine Art, Yarmouth, ME
Whitehouse, David B.. "Recent Important Acquisitions Made by Public and Private Collections in the United States and Abroad." Journal of Glass Studies 45: p. 215, ill. p. 214
Inscribed: None
On View at the BMA
